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[ chekt ] / tʃɛkt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR checked ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving a pattern of squares; checkered (def. 3): a checked shirt. Phonetics. (of a vowel) situated in a closed syllable (opposed to free def. 28). Origin of checked1375–1425; late Middle English. See check1, -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM checkedun·checked, adjectivewell-checked, adjectiveWords nearby checkedcheck bit, checkbook, checkbook journalism, check card, check digit, checked, checked swing, checkedy, checker, checkerberry, checkerbloom Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for checkedThe EMTs checked J.W. and said it was up to Hayden whether she was released into their custody. Rape, Lies & Videotape in Ferguson|Michael Daly|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Indeed, Putin checked out of Brisbane early, claiming he needed to get some sleep. Digital Doublethink: Playing Truth or Dare with Putin, Assad and ISIS|Christopher Dickey, Anna Nemtsova|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST Every car passenger and pedestrian is checked, one by one, until the operatives find their target. Obama’s Deadly Informants: The Drone Spotters of Pakistan|Umar Farooq, Syed Fakhar Kakakhel|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Every few days, I phoned him and checked on how she was doing. The Life of a Liberian Child with Ebola|Sarah Crowe|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
From 1992 and 2007, the number of middle-aged women who checked into rehab nearly tripled. Elizabeth Peña and the Truth About Alcoholic Women|Gabrielle Glaser|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST The doctor kept his countenance and checked a smile which might have escaped most people at the aspect of the man. The Two Brothers|Honore de Balzac These counts were checked on the young birds studied in the field. Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima|Glen E. Woolfenden No; but I checked it up at the city with somebody there, and I don't know who it was now. Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy He checked himself with an effort, and tried to look serious. Strange Stories|Grant Allen There was some excessive drinking when the army first came to France but it has been checked.
British Dictionary definitions for checked
adjectivehaving a pattern of small squares phonetics (of a syllable) ending in a consonant Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to checkedfind out, probe, go through, monitor, confirm, verify, review, scrutinize, correct, try, investigate, test, analyze, study, control, prevent, halt, stop, reduce, arrest |