Meaning

10 senses
  1. (transitive)To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).

    He checked his favorite mystery out for the twenty-third time.

    The desk clerk checked out the family that had been staying in room 322.

  2. (intransitive)To record one's departure from a workplace, hotel, restaurant, etc.

    Be sure to check out of the hotel before noon.

    I'm done shopping, so I'll go check out now.

    announce one's departure from a hotel

  3. (transitive)To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate; to gather information so as to make a decision.

    He was hanging out at the beach, checking out the young women in bikinis.

    He checked out the rumor, and managed to verify that it was true.

    überprüfen

    проверя́тьproverjátʹ, прове́ритьprovéritʹ

    перевіря́тиperevirjáty, переві́ритиperevíryty

  4. (transitive)To obtain source code (or other material) from a source control repository so that one can modify it (and often later check in the modified version).

  5. (intransitive)To become uninterested in an activity and cease to participate in more than a perfunctory manner; to become uncooperative.

  6. (intransitive)To become catatonic or otherwise nonresponsive.

  7. (intransitive)To leave in a hurry.

    in Eile verlassen

    смота́тьсяsmotátʹsja, смы́тьсяsmýtʹsja, улизну́тьuliznútʹ

  8. (broadly, euphemistic, intransitive)To die.

    сдо́хнутьsdóxnutʹ, дать ду́баdatʹ dúba

    здо́хнутиzdóxnuty, здохzdox, да́ти ду́баdáty dúba

  9. (intransitive)To prove (after an investigation) to be the case, or to be in order.

    The first two leads check out; I'll assume the third one is also valid.

    Their stories checked out.

  10. To visit the oche for the last time and clear one's remaining points to win the game.

Examples

304 sentences
  1. Tom checked three books out from the library.

    Том взяв три книжки в бібліотеці. — deniko

    ruТом взял в библиотеке три книги. — odexed

  2. Tom told me he checked out a book about Boston from the local library.

    Том сказав мені, що він взяв у місцевій бібліотеці книжку про Бостон. — oromashka

  3. Check it out, Tom.

    Подивись-но на це, Томе. — deniko

    ruТом, зацени. — odexed

  4. Check it out.

    Перевірте це. — shanghainese

    ruПроверь это. — marafon

  5. Check it out!

    Подивись-но! — deniko

    ruПогляди! — Snark

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
to pay when leaving:
to withdraw (an item) from a library etc., and have the withdrawal recorded:
to examine, inspect, look at closely:
to die:
Русский
By meaning 5
to pay when leaving:
to withdraw (an item) from a library etc., and have the withdrawal recorded:
to examine, inspect, look at closely:
to leave in a hurry:
to die:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
to pay when leaving:
to withdraw (an item) from a library etc., and have the withdrawal recorded:
to record someone as leaving:
to examine, inspect, look at closely:
to leave in a hurry:

Forms

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

irregular

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personschecked out

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill check out

Phrasal verbs

8 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
most senses:check in

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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