to check
- verb
- /tʃɛk/
- Jargon
- The fourteen-year-old moves and calls check.
- check mate
Examples
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Again the fourteen-year-old moves and calls check.
Fiction book (1992) -
Black: Check and mate.
Fiction book (2002) -
White moves his queen and says, "Check!"
Fiction book (2001) -
Knight F6, check.
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I moved my rook to put your king in check.
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When my queen threatened your king, I announced check.
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The game became tense as he called check while moving his knight.
Antonyms
Idioms
To stop and think before you say or do something that causes trouble
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A system that stops one person or group having too much power by sharing control
Registering your arrival at a hotel, airport, or event by giving your name and documents
- Specialized
A check from an account without enough money that the bank does not pay
- Specialized
A check a bank writes and promises to pay the person who receives it
- Archaic
Paper you can use like money abroad that you cash at a bank or shop by showing your ID
A monthly payment from the government or insurance for someone who cannot work because of a disability
- Archaic
A woman who takes coats or umbrellas at an entrance and gives a ticket to get them back
- US
A signed piece of paper from a bank with the amount left empty for someone to fill
A book or list where you record checks and deposits to track your bank account
- Specialized
A simple math check that finds errors in files on drives or during transfer
- US
A written note telling a bank to pay a certain amount of money to a person or company
A cheque from a bank that you can cash right away and is safer than a personal cheque
A government check that Medicare sends to an older person to pay medical costs
- Specialized
A way to find mistakes in data by adding extra information when sending or saving it
- Specialized
A way to find errors in digital data by checking whether the number of ones is even or odd
- Specialized
Money a bank lets you use when a check makes your account go below zero
- Specialized
An extra binary digit added to data to find errors in transmission or storage
- Specialized
An extra digit or letter added to the end of a code to find reading errors
- Specialized
A blank check the bank gives you to get money when your personal checks are not available
- Jargon
A check on the opponent's king that happens when one piece moves and opens an attack by another piece
- Specialized
A way to find errors in data by checking whether the number of ones is odd or even
- Specialized
A quick push with a hockey stick that knocks the puck away from an opponent
How Threatening
Surface Forms
Etymology
Check in chess comes from the Persian word shah ('king'); calling 'check' warns that the king is under attack. So saying check in the game is a direct warning to protect the king.