Meaning

23 senses
  1. (transitive)To inspect; to examine.

    Check the oil in your car once a month.

    Check whether this page has a watermark.

    überprüfen, checken, prüfen

    проверя́тьproverjátʹ, прове́ритьprovéritʹ

    перевіря́тиperevirjáty, переві́ритиperevíryty

    examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition

  2. (transitive)To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).

    gegenlesen, gegenprüfen

  3. (US, often, transitive)To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).

    Check the items on the list that interest you.

    Check the correct answer to each question.

    abhaken, anhaken, ankreuzen

  4. (transitive)To control, limit, or halt.

    Check your enthusiasm during a negotiation.

    In mid-sentence, I checked myself abruptly, looking terribly embarrassed.

    kontrollieren, begrenzen, einschränken

    ограничитьograničitʹ, умеритьumeritʹ

  5. (informal, transitive)To scold or rebuke someone.

  6. (transitive)To verify or compare with a source of information.

    Check your data against known values.

    abgleichen, überprüfen, bestätigen

    verify by consulting a source or authority

  7. (transitive)To leave in safekeeping.

    Check your hat and coat at the door.

    deponieren, aufgeben, zur Aufbewahrung geben

    hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping

  8. (transitive)To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.

    Check your bags at the ticket counter before the flight.

    aufgeben

  9. (transitive)To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.

    He checked the ball and then proceeded to perform a perfect layup.

    That basket doesn't count—you forgot to check!

  10. (transitive)To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.

    The hockey player checked the defenceman to obtain the puck.

    auflaufen lassen

  11. (transitive)To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.

    Tom didn't think he could win, so he checked.

    checken, schieben

    шахова́тьšaxovátʹ, че́катьčékatʹ

  12. (transitive)To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.

    After I checked my opponent with a pawn, he resigned immediately.

    Schach bieten

    шаховатьšaxovatʹ

    put a check mark on or near or next to

Examples

2982 sentences
  1. May I have the check, please?

    Будь ласка, чи можу я отримати рахунок?

    ruПринесите счёт, пожалуйста.

    deZahlen bitte.

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  2. I'm sorry, we don't accept checks.

    Перепрошую, але ми не приймаємо чеки.

    ruК сожалению, мы не принимаем чеки.

    deEs tut mir leid, wir nehmen keine Schecks an.

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  3. Where is the check-in counter?

    Де стійка реєстрації?

    ruГде стойка регистрации?

    deWo ist der Abfertigungsschalter?

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  4. I'll go and check on Tom.

    Піду подивлюся, як там Том.

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  5. I just went to check something.

    Я лише пішов щось перевірити.

    ruЯ просто пошёл кое-что проверить.

    deIch bin nur gegangen, um etwas zu überprüfen.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to inspect, examine:
Русский
By meaning 4
to inspect, examine:
to control, limit, or halt:
poker: to remain in the hand without betting:
chess: to make a move which puts an adversary's king in check:
Deutsch
By meaning 12
to inspect, examine:
to verify the accuracy of a text or translation:
to mark with a checkmark:
to control, limit, or halt:
to verify or compare with a source of information:
to leave in safekeeping:
sports: to disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck:
poker: to remain in the hand without betting:
chess: to make a move which puts an adversary's king in check:
to crack or gape open, as wood in drying:
to make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack:
to make a stop; to pause:

Origin

From Middle English chekken, partly from Old French eschequier and partly from the noun (s

From Middle English chekken, partly from Old French eschequier and partly from the noun (see above).

By shortening from chequer, from Old French eschequier (“chessboard”), from Medieval Latin scaccarium, ultimately from the same Persian root as above.

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Forms

checks, checking, checked, checked
Base formcheck · to check
3rd person singularchecks
Present participlechecking
Past simplechecked
Past participlechecked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycheck
he, she, itchecks

Past simpleLesson

all personschecked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave checked
he, she, ithas checked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill check

Phrasal verbs

8 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

61 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

68 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • check to see
  • check the oil
  • travelers checks
  • need to check
  • pay by check
  • check your email
  • checked his email
  • to check on
  • want to check
  • to check out
  • double check
  • checked the door

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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