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[Verb] | "check" | \ ˈchek \

1: to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively —usually used with out or over

2: to compare with a source, original, or authority : verify

3: to look at (something) to obtain information

Origin: 14th century ;

Middle English cheken, checken "to put an opponent's king in check, stop, block," probably derivative of chek, chekke "announcement in chess that an opponent's king is in check, assault, adverse event" {mat|check:2|};

* Note : A French source is possible but uncertain. In the Oxford English Dictionary, first edition, the etymology of this verb cites "Old French eschequier, eschecquer" and "Old Northern French eskekier," without specification of sources. A form eskieka occurs in the Picard version (manuscript P) of the Old French narrative poem Guillaume d'Angleterre, but the meaning is not clear. Dictionnaire du Moyen Français has a verb eschequer with the meanings "go off, go away" (déguerpir) and "avoid, avert" (éviter) that appears to have no relation to chess.;

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[Verb] | "back-check" | \ ˈbak-ˌchek \

1: to skate back toward one's own goal while closely defending against the offensive rushes of an opposing player in ice hockey

Origin: 1913 ;

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[Verb] | "check in"

1: to register at a hotel

2: to report one's presence or arrival

3: to find out or report the status of someone or something especially as part of a regular pattern of communication or monitoring —often followed by on or with

Origin: 1918 ;

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[Verb] | "check off"

1: to eliminate from further consideration

2: to deduct (union dues) from a worker's paycheck

3: to change a play at the line of scrimmage in football by calling an audible

Origin: 1884 ;

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[Noun] | "check"

1: examination

2: the act of testing or verifying; also : the sample or unit used for testing or verifying

3: inspection, investigation

Origin: 15th century ;

Middle English chek, chekke "announcement in chess that an opponent's king is in check, assault, act, feat, incident, adverse event, checkered design in heraldry," borrowed from Anglo-French eschec "situation of being in check in chess, (in plural escheks, eschez "game of chess"), going back to continental Old French eschés "chess pieces," earlier eschac, plural eschas, borrowed from Arabic šāh "king in chess," borrowed from Persian, "king in chess, king," going back to Middle Persian, going back to Old Persian xšāyaθiyā "king, sovereign," derivative from the verbal base xšāy- "rule, have power, possess," going back to dialectal Indo-European *tkeH-, whence also Avestan xšaiiaθā "you (plural) have power," Sanskrit kṣáyati "(s/he) rules, possesses";

* Note : The older senses in approximate historical order are 8, 4, 5, 3, 11. Sense 1 is a derivative of the verb {check:1|check:1}, sense 1. Sense 2 developed from the earlier use of check to refer to the counterfoil of a bank draft, meant to be a restraint on forgery. Senses 6a and b (the former an Americanism) appear to have developed from this sense. Sense 9 is perhaps short for {checker:1|checker:1}. — In Old French the initial \sh\ ([ʃ]) of the Arabic word—whether borrowed directly or through mediation (Spanish jaque?)—is reflected as \ch\ ([tʃ]) preceded by an epenthetic vowel; it hence joins words with initial [sk] either inherited from Latin or taken from Frankish (Old Low Franconian) at an earlier date. The change of vowel (eschac > eschec) may be owed to association with homonymous Old French eschec "booty, plunder," of Frankish origin, or, alternatively, simple assimilation to words in which historical <a> was regularly raised to <e>. — The Indo-Iranian verb traced here to *tkeH- has traditionally been compared to Greek ktáomai, ktâsthai "to get, obtain, acquire," ktêsis "acquisition, possession," etc., though the lack of harmony in the formations is problematic. Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben, 2. Auflage (Wiesbaden, 2001) attributes ktáomai to a denominal derivative of a noun *tk-eh2 "obtainment, acquisition," and see:s a completely different origin for xšāy- (ultimately from the verbal base *h3eku̯- "catch sight of, envisage").;

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[Noun] | "checks and balances"

1: a system that allows each branch of a government to amend, override, or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power or power beyond its authority; broadly : a system in which power and control is distributed and counterbalanced (as to prevent unethical or harmful actions)

Origin: 1777 ;

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[Noun] | "bed check"

1: a night inspection to check the presence of persons (such as soldiers) required by regulations to be in bed or in quarters

Origin: 1919 ;

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[Noun] | "blank check"

1: a signed check with the amount unspecified

2: complete freedom of action or control : carte blanche

Origin: 1793 ;

(1) - { body check } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Noun] | "body check"

1: a blocking of an opposing player with the body (as in ice hockey or lacrosse)

Origin: 1869 ;

(1) - { cashier's check } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Noun] | "cashier's check"

1: a check drawn by a bank on its own funds and signed by the cashier

Origin: 1867 ;

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[Noun] | "checks"

1: the amount owed at a bar or restaurant or the slip of paper stating the amount;

* e.g., " ... diners at that temple of gastronomy often look shocked when they receive the check "

Synonyms :
bills,
tabs

2: a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition;

* e.g., " ... made a careful check of the antique table before buying it "

Antonyms :
(N/A)

3: a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due;

* e.g., " ... request a detailed check from the company before sending any money "

Antonyms :
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[Noun] | "check"

1: the amount owed at a bar or restaurant or the slip of paper stating the amount;

* e.g., " ... diners at that temple of gastronomy often look shocked when they receive the check "

Synonyms :
bill,
tab

Antonyms :
continuance,
continuation

2: a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition;

* e.g., " ... made a careful check of the antique table before buying it "

Antonyms :
(N/A)

3: a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due;

* e.g., " ... request a detailed check from the company before sending any money "

Antonyms :
(N/A)

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(3) - { checks } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "checks"

1: to be in agreement on every point;

* e.g., " ... their story of what happened checks with the report of the eyewitness "

2: to bring (something) to a standstill;

* e.g., " ... a tree finally checked the skidding car "

Antonyms :
loses

3: to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression);

* e.g., " ... check your enthusiasm a bit, and think before you marry someone you just met "

Antonyms :
(N/A)

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[Verb] | "check"

1: to be in agreement on every point;

* e.g., " ... their story of what happened checks with the report of the eyewitness "

2: to bring (something) to a standstill;

* e.g., " ... a tree finally checked the skidding car "

Antonyms :
lose

3: to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression);

* e.g., " ... check your enthusiasm a bit, and think before you marry someone you just met "

Antonyms :
(N/A)

(1) - { check (out) } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "check (out)"

1: to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition);

* e.g., " ... check out the house and let me know if you think it's worth buying "

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(2) - { checks in } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "checks in"

1: as in clocks (in);

2: as in wait-lists, registers;

(2) - { checks (off) } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "checks (off)"

1: as in ticks (off);

2: as in disregards;

Antonyms :
(N/A)

(1) - { checks out } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "checks out"

1: to stop living;

* e.g., " ... there are a lot of sights around the world that I want to see before I check out "

Antonyms :
breathes,
lives

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[Phrase] | "checks into"

1: to search through or into;

* e.g., " ... The principal assured parents that he would check into reports of damaged play structures in the schoolyard. "

Antonyms :
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(1) - { checks up on } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Phrase] | "checks up on"

1: to search through or into;

* e.g., " ... Can you check up on the status of those files? "

Antonyms :
(N/A)

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