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
- US
A signed piece of paper from a bank with the amount left empty for someone to fill
- 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
- US
A written note telling a bank to pay a certain amount of money to a person or company
- Archaic
A woman who takes coats or umbrellas at an entrance and gives a ticket to get them back
A book or list where you record checks and deposits to track your bank account
- Specialized
A way to find mistakes in data by adding extra information when sending or saving it
A cheque from a bank that you can cash right away and is safer than a personal cheque
- Specialized
A simple math check that finds errors in files on drives or during transfer
A government check that Medicare sends to an older person to pay medical costs
- Specialized
A way to find errors in digital data by checking whether the number of ones is even or odd
- Specialized
An extra binary digit added to data to find errors in transmission or storage
- Specialized
A quick push with a hockey stick that knocks the puck away from an opponent
- 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
- Specialized
Money a bank lets you use when a check makes your account go below zero
- Specialized
A company formed to raise money from the public to buy other businesses
- 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
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.