check
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1.0
- noun
- /tʃɛk/
- US
:
marca de verificación
- "Make check mark on paper."
- a check mark
- place a check
- a check box
Well, great big check mark, the Zoe membership works.
- Well, great big check mark, the Zoe membership works.
- This is now done, big check and I will have more time to make videos again.
Examples
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Foundations: Place a check mark in the box next to each exercise you complete.
Academic text (2009) -
A new category has been created and a check mark immediately appears next to that category.
Blog text (2) -
Sure enough, there had been a check in the box.
Fiction book (2002) -
As a step was completed, the instructor placed a check mark next to it.
Academic text (2012) -
You walk through warehouses, put little check marks on boxes.
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Then I looked up and saw a check mark next to Chris Murphy's name on ABC.
Blog text (30) -
At the end of each lesson, students earned individual checks for correctly answering "bonus problems."
Academic text (2015) -
When the worksheets are returned, students quickly determine their grade, looking for the check, check plus, or check minus.
Academic text (2006) -
Using a procedural checklist of experimental steps, the observer placed a check mark next to each step completed during a session.
Academic text (2007) -
The teacher marked a check next to every completed assignment in the grade book.
Synonyms
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1.0
A mark in a box showing an item is correct or done
3
1.0
A small mark like ✓ that shows something is correct or finished
Idioms
To stop and think before you say or do something that causes trouble
Compounds
30
4.0
A system that stops one person or group having too much power by sharing control
25
2.5
Registering your arrival at a hotel, airport, or event by giving your name and documents
- Specialized
13
3.5
A check from an account without enough money that the bank does not pay
- Specialized
12
4.6
A check a bank writes and promises to pay the person who receives it
- Archaic
7
3.6
Paper you can use like money abroad that you cash at a bank or shop by showing your ID
5
3.5
A monthly payment from the government or insurance for someone who cannot work because of a disability
- Archaic
2
6.8
A woman who takes coats or umbrellas at an entrance and gives a ticket to get them back
- US
1
3.7
A signed piece of paper from a bank with the amount left empty for someone to fill
1
3.5
A book or list where you record checks and deposits to track your bank account
- Specialized
1
6.8
A simple math check that finds errors in files on drives or during transfer
- US
1
2.8
A written note telling a bank to pay a certain amount of money to a person or company
1
4.1
A cheque from a bank that you can cash right away and is safer than a personal cheque
1
3.5
A government check that Medicare sends to an older person to pay medical costs
- Specialized
1
5.5
A way to find mistakes in data by adding extra information when sending or saving it
- Specialized
1
5.8
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun check for the tick mark comes from the verb 'to check' meaning to verify, so the mark shows an item has been looked at. So a check by a task means it is done or correct.