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[ chek-point ] / ˈtʃɛkˌpɔɪnt /
nouna place along a road, border, etc., where travelers are stopped for inspection. a point or item, especially in a procedure, for notation, inspection, or confirmation. Origin of checkpointFirst recorded in 1935–40; check1 + point Words nearby checkpointcheckmate, checkoff, check on, checkout, check-over, checkpoint, Checkpoint Charlie, check protector, check rail, checkrein, checkroom Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for checkpointAfter finishing breakfast, we pile back into the truck and head toward the checkpoint. Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley|Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST Her arrest came at a checkpoint in Damascus in June 2013, when soldiers spotted an audio recorder in her bag. Escaping Assad’s Rape Prisons: A Survivor Tells Her Story|Jamie Dettmer|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST The first checkpoint was decked out in the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag and just inside the city limits. On the Bus: Ukraine’s Frontline Express Across the Battle Lines|Ted Phillips|September 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST The bus is waved along past this checkpoint and another as well. On the Bus: Ukraine’s Frontline Express Across the Battle Lines|Ted Phillips|September 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Leaving Donetsk, the bus is stopped at a checkpoint just inside the city line. On the Bus: Ukraine’s Frontline Express Across the Battle Lines|Ted Phillips|September 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Let them hire a billion pigs and put a checkpoint on every corner. Little Brother|Cory Doctorow And a checkpoint implied that the ship was searched for escaped prisoners. The Status Civilization|Robert Sheckley And he had to think about what was going to happen at the checkpoint, and what he would do about it. The Status Civilization|Robert Sheckley Their lives were spent on the checkpoint, except for periods of service on the prison ship. The Status Civilization|Robert Sheckley It isn't a bad life at the checkpoint, but I'd rather go back to Earth. The Status Civilization|Robert Sheckley
British Dictionary definitions for checkpoint
nouna place, as at a frontier or in a motor rally, where vehicles or travellers are stopped for official identification, inspection, etc 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 |