checkverb
uk/tʃek/us/tʃek/check verb (EXAMINE)
A2 [ I or T ] to make certain that something or someone is correct, safe, or suitable by examining it, him, or her quickly:
B1 [ I or T ] to find out about something:
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- It's a good idea to check the flight departure time before you leave for the airport.
- I'd like to check my bank balance, please.
- Patricia has checked the reports and can vouch for the accuracy of the information.
- You should have your teeth checked by a dentist at least twice a year.
- Remember to go over your essay checking for grammar and spelling mistakes before you hand it in to me.
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Testing, checking and experimenting
- assay
- check sth out
- check up on sb
- collector
- crosscheck
- feeler
- inspect
- inspection
- inspector
- pace
- play around with sth
- screen
- spy
- spy out the land idiom
- test
- test sth out
- tester
- trial
- trial run
- try-out
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check verb (STOP)
[ T ] to stop someone from doing or saying something, or to prevent something from increasing or continuing:
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Preventing and impeding
- avert
- avoid
- avoidable
- bar
- be a drag on sb/sth idiom
- block sth out
- bottleneck
- derail
- fireproof
- hold out on sb
- hold sb/sth back
- hold/keep sb/sth at bay idiom
- holding pattern
- impede
- prevention
- prevention is better than cure idiom
- preventive
- prohibit
- pull
- scuttle
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check verb (LEAVE)
UK usually check in [ T ] mainly US to give your bags to airport employees to be put on a plane for you, rather than carrying them on and off the plane yourself :
[ T ] mainly US to leave something with someone at a particular place, so that they can take care of it for a short time:
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Arrivals and departures
- admittance
- advent
- approach
- arr
- arrival
- check in
- check sth in
- connection
- dep
- departure
- descent
- destination
- entrance 1
- entry
- eta
- homecoming
- inflow
- influx
- invasion
- outflow
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check verb (AGREE)
[ I ] mainly US If information checks, it agrees with other information:
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Accepting & agreeing
- accept
- accredited
- assent
- be ruled by sb idiom
- buy-in
- conclude
- countenance
- court
- embrace
- gauntlet
- leap
- middle ground
- mustn't grumble idiom
- pounce
- reach
- respect
- signatory
- swallow
- take sb up on sth
- unquestioning
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check verb (MARK)
A1 mainly US UK usually tick [ I or T ] to mark something with a check:
check verb (CHESS)
[ T ] specialized games in the game of chess, to put the other player's king under direct attack, so that he or she is forced to defend against the attack in the next move
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Board games
- backgammon
- bishop
- blitz
- board game
- castle
- Chinese chequers
- Chutes and Ladders
- counter
- defence
- draught
- endgame
- forfeit
- gambit
- opening
- pawn
- pin
- queen
- queenside
- resign
- stalemate
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check verb (SPORTS)
[ T ] mainly US specialized sports in some sports such as ice hockey, to try to make another player lose the ball or puck, for example, by pushing them
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General terms used in ball sports
- aggregate score
- assist
- back pass
- bobble
- center circle
- chip
- goalless
- holding
- lay
- layoff
- long ball
- man on! idiom
- man-to-man defense
- man-to-man marking
- overarm
- set piece
- shoot
- sidespin
- unplayable
- wrong-foot
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Phrasal verb(s)
checknoun
uk/tʃek/us/tʃek/check noun (MONEY)
[ C ] US spelling of cheque
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Payment methods
- ATM card
- baksheesh
- bank card
- bill
- blank cheque
- cash
- cash card
- cashpoint card
- certified cheque
- direct debit
- giro
- gratuity
- hush money
- per annum
- piece
- small change
- standing order
- sweetener
- traveller's cheque
- voucher
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check noun (EXAMINATION)
B1 [ C ] an examination of something in order to make certain that it is correct or the way it should be:
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- We make a fortnightly check on supplies.
- They carried out the pre-flight checks.
- I made one last check that we had not forgotten anything.
- Can you have a check in the kitchen to see if my keys are in there?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Testing, checking and experimenting
- assay
- check sth out
- check up on sb
- collector
- crosscheck
- feeler
- inspect
- inspection
- inspector
- pace
- play around with sth
- screen
- spy
- spy out the land idiom
- test
- test sth out
- tester
- trial
- trial run
- try-out
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check noun (PATTERN)
[ C or U ] a pattern of squares formed by lines of different colours crossing each other:
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Patterns and shapes
- amorphous
- arabesque
- argyle
- bar
- cake
- contour
- geometry
- marbled
- misshapen
- motif
- mottled
- paisley
- silhouette
- spotted
- streak
- stripe
- striped
- stripy
- styloid
- take shape idiom
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check noun (RESTAURANT)
A2 US [ C ] a bill noun in a restaurant, etc.:
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Bills & invoices
- bill
- billing
- charge
- chit
- claim form
- counterfoil
- credit note
- passbook
- payslip
- pro forma
- sales slip
- stamp
- tab
- tariff
- ticket
- ticketless
- toll
- tolled
- Treasury bond
- voucher
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check noun (LIMIT)
to limit something:
rules intended to prevent one person or group from having too much power within an organization:
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Limiting and restricting
- box sb in
- chain
- circumscribe
- clamp down on sth
- clampdown
- cramp
- curb
- curtail
- damage limitation
- debilitate
- delimit
- hamstring
- infringe
- localize
- muzzle
- non-proliferation
- qualification
- ration
- rationing
- stabilizer
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check noun (MARK)
A2 [ C ] mainly US UK usually tick a mark (✓) that shows that something is correct or has been done:
check noun (CHESS)
[ U ] specialized games in chess, the act of directly attacking the other player's king:
If your king is in check in chess, it is being directly attacked by the other player:
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Board games
- backgammon
- bishop
- blitz
- board game
- castle
- Chinese chequers
- Chutes and Ladders
- counter
- defence
- draught
- endgame
- forfeit
- gambit
- opening
- pawn
- pin
- queen
- queenside
- resign
- stalemate
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check noun (SPORTS)
[ C ] mainly US specialized sports in some sports such as ice hockey, a defensive move (= trying to prevent scoring) in which a player tries to make another player lose the ball or puck, for example, by pushing them
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General terms used in ball sports
- aggregate score
- assist
- back pass
- bobble
- center circle
- chip
- goalless
- holding
- lay
- layoff
- long ball
- man on! idiom
- man-to-man defense
- man-to-man marking
- overarm
- set piece
- shoot
- sidespin
- unplayable
- wrong-foot
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checkexclamation
uk/tʃek/us/tʃek/check exclamation (YES)
mainly US used to say yes to someone who is making certain that all the things on a list have been dealt with or included:
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Yes, no & not
- anything
- bet
- betcha
- does a bear/do bears shit in the woods? idiom
- far
- fear
- hear, hear! idiom
- hell
- no dice idiom
- no way idiom
- noes
- not by any manner of means idiom
- not so much sth as sth idiom
- not that idiom
- nothing doing idiom
- perish the thought idiom
- see sb in hell before ... idiom
- think
- yea or nay idiom
- yes
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check exclamation (CHESS)
specialized games something you say in chess, if you directly attack the other player's king
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Board games
- backgammon
- bishop
- blitz
- board game
- castle
- Chinese chequers
- Chutes and Ladders
- counter
- defence
- draught
- endgame
- forfeit
- gambit
- opening
- pawn
- pin
- queen
- queenside
- resign
- stalemate
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