Check

Noun

 * 1) An inspection or examination.
 * 2) A control; a limit or stop.
 * 3) 🇺🇸 A mark (especially a checkmark: ) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK).
 * 4) 🇺🇸 An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada).
 * 5) 🇺🇸 A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
 * 6)  The situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
 * 7)  A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
 * 8) pluralized A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.

Verb

 * 1) To inspect; to examine.
 * 2) To mark with a checkmark.
 * 3) To control, limit, or halt.
 * 4) To verify or compare with a source of information.
 * 5) To leave in safekeeping.
 * 6) To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
 * 7)  To physically remove a person from play.
 * 8)  To remain in the hand without betting, only legal if no one has yet bet.

Adverbs for Check
cleverly; fortunately; powerfully; abruptly; temporarily; effectively; formidably; systematically; constitutionally; perceptibly; accurately; absolutely.

Synonyms for Check

 * cheque
 * tick, checkmark, ✓
 * cheque
 * curb, bridle, hinder, impede, repress, counteract, moderate, restrain, inhibit, control, obstruct, stop, stay, slacken, reduce.

Antonyms for Check
aid, help, assist, encourage, expedite, allow, accelerate, release, speed, quicken, license, instigate, indulge, hasten, hurry, liberate.

Derived terms

 * bad check
 * body check
 * bounce a check
 * cashier's check
 * checkbook
 * checker
 * checkers
 * checkered
 * checkin
 * check in
 * checking account
 * check is in the mail


 * check it out
 * checkmate
 * checkout
 * check out
 * checkup
 * check up on
 * check valve
 * checks and balances
 * counter check
 * cross-check
 * discovered check
 * double check
 * double-check


 * hot check
 * kite a check
 * rain check
 * reality check
 * recheck
 * revealed check
 * shoulder check
 * teller's check
 * traveler's check
 * unch
 * unchecked

Thesaurus
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of fortune, review, riddle, rift, rime, rip, rive, rout, rule, run, run over, running head, running title, rupture, savage, scab, scald, scale, scan, scar, scarification, scarify, scissure, scorch, score, scotch, scrape, scratch, scratching, scrip, scrutinize, scrutiny, scuff, sea anchor, seal, seal up, seam, sebaceous cyst, second-degree burn, segmental phoneme, self-control, semivowel, set an examination, set back, setback, severe check, shackle, shut in, shut up, sight bill, sight draft, sigil, sign in, sign on, signet, sing in chorus, sit-down strike, size, size up, skin, slack off, slack up, slack-up, slacken, slackening, slash, slit, slot, slow, slow down, slow up, slowdown, slowing, slowing down, slowup, slug, snaffle, snap, snub, sonant, sonority, sore, sort with, space, spangle, speck, speckle, speech sound, splash, split, splotch, spoke, spot, spot check, sprain, sprinkle, square, square with, squeeze, stab, stab wound, stain, stalemate, stall, stamp, stand, stand together, 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type, uncorking, underline, underscore, unstopping, upset, validate, validation, valley, value, variegate, variegated pattern, velar, verification, verify, verruca, vesicle, vocable, vocalic, vocoid, voice, voiced sound, voiceless sound, voicing, void, voucher, vowel, wadi, wale, walkout, wall in, ward off, warp, warrant, wart, watermark, weal, welt, wen, whitehead, withhold, work stoppage, wound, wounds immedicable, wrench, yardstick, yawn, a reckoning of, abrade, abrasion, abysm, abyss, acceptance, acceptance bill, accord, account, account of, agree, allophone, alveolar, answer to, aperture, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, arrive, arroyo, articulation, ascertainment, aspiration, assent, assimilation, assort with, assurance, audit, authenticate, authentication, autopsy, backpedal, backset, backwater, baffle, bafflement, baggage check, balance, balance the books, balk, balking, band, bank acceptance, bank check, bar, bark, barometer, be consistent, be of one, be uniform with, bearing rein, beat off, bell, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, bilabial, bill, bill of account, bill of draft, bill of exchange, bill of lading, billhead, birthmark, bit, blackhead, blank check, blaze, blaze a trail, bleb, blemish, blister, block, blockage, blocking, bloody, blotch, book stamp, bookplate, bottle up, box canyon, box up, brake, brand, breach, break, bridle, bring to, bring up short, broaching, broad arrow, bulla, burn, burst, bust, cachet, cacuminal, cage, caging, canon, canvass, canyon, caste mark, cavity, cease, cerebral, certificate, certificate of deposit, certification, certified check, cessation, chafe, chain, chalk, chalk up, chap, charges, chasm, check, check and doublecheck, check in, check of, check off, check out, check over, check up on, checkbook, checker, checkerboard, checkerwork, checking, checkmark, checkmate, checkrein, checkup, cheque, chessboard, chime, chimney, chink, chip, chit, chock, cicatrix, cicatrize, circumvent, claw, 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Etymology

 * 1) From  eschec: >  scacus: >  صکّ: >  چک: > شاه:.
 * 2) By shortening from checker <  eschequier: <  scaccarium:, ultimately from the same Persian root as above.

Noun

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: (v-shaped),  (x-shaped)
 * Finnish: tarkistusmerkki, pukki
 * French: croix
 * German: Marke, Markierung
 * Hebrew:, סימון (literally: a mark)
 * Indonesian: conteng (v-mark), silang (x-mark)
 * Italian: segno (di spunta)


 * Macedonian: штикла
 * Polish: znaczek, parafka
 * Portuguese: marca, (Brazil) tique.
 * Russian: галочка (gáločka)
 * Scottish Gaelic: strìochag
 * Spanish: marca de cotejo,
 * Swedish:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: сметка
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: חשבון
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 請求書


 * Macedonian: сметка
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: notă de plată, socoteală, factură
 * Russian: счёт (sčót)
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: контрол,
 * French: vérification, contrôle
 * German:, ,
 * Indonesian: kendali, kontrol
 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian:, ,


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: control, verificare, supraveghere
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: (slang)


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: inspecció
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: vérification, contrôle, examen
 * German:, ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Indonesian: pemeriksaan


 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian:, , преглед
 * Polish: sprawdzenie
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: inspecție, control
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish: ,


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: שח
 * Hungarian:


 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * Arabic: استأنى, دقق, ضبط, أوقف
 * Armenian: ստուգել
 * Bulgarian: проверявам
 * Catalan: comprovar, verificar
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: prověřit
 * Dutch:, inspecteren,
 * Esperanto: kontroli, certigi
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, contrôler
 * German:


 * Hebrew:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 点検する, チェックする
 * Macedonian: проверува, прегледува
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: checar, inspecionar, examinar
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: feuch
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,


 * Armenian: նշել
 * Bulgarian: маркирам, отбелязвам
 * Czech: zaškrtnout
 * Dutch: aanvinken, aankruisen, afvinken
 * Esperanto: strekmarki,  krucmarki
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: cocher


 * German: ,
 * Hebrew:, עשה וי
 * Indonesian: conteng
 * Polish: odfajkować, odhaczyć
 * Portuguese: ticar (Brazil)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: markera, bocka av


 * Armenian: զսպել
 * Bulgarian: контролирам
 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: contrôler, faire attention
 * Indonesian: kendali, kontrol


 * Macedonian: препречува, сопира, спречува
 * Polish: skontrolować
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:


 * Armenian: ստուգել
 * Bulgarian: сверявам
 * Catalan: verificar, comparar, comprovar
 * Czech:, zkontrolovat
 * Dutch: verifiëren,
 * Finnish:
 * French: vérifier
 * German: abgleichen


 * Hebrew:, וידא
 * Macedonian: проверува
 * Polish: sprawdzić
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: feuch
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: давам на гардероб


 * French: laisser, déposer


 * French: enregistrer


 * Spanish:, ,


 * French: checker


 * German: ,

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: шахматна шарка
 * Finnish: ruutukuvio
 * German:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,


 * Macedonian: карир
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: patrón cuadriculado
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1) cheque, check