checkpoint
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a…A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection.
» Dan was stopped at a checkpoint.
Дэна остановили на контрольно-пропускном пункте.
Meaning
4 sensesA point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection.
The travellers were stopped at the checkpoint.
Since this was rebel country, checkpoints were set up along the road.
Kontrollstelle, Kontrollpunkt, Grenzübergang
КППKPP, контро́льно-пропускно́й пунктkontrólʹno-propusknój punkt, пункт про́пускаpunkt própuska
КППKPP, контро́льно-пропускни́й пунктkontrólʹno-propusknýj punkt, блокпо́стblokpóst
a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance
A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
After the crash, we rolled back the database to the last checkpoint.
измери́тельная то́чкаizmerítelʹnaja tóčka, то́чка прове́ркиtóčka provérki, контро́льная то́чкаkontrólʹnaja tóčka
A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart.
You can't finish the race if you haven't passed all of the checkpoints on the track.
A biological control mechanism ensuring correct progression through the cell cycle.
Examples
18 sentencesDan was stopped at a checkpoint.
ruДэна остановили на контрольно-пропускном пункте.
Ziri knew all the security checkpoints.
In this game, bonfires serve as checkpoints.
deIn diesem Spiel dienen Freudenfeuer als Wegmarken.
Claudio didn't make it to the checkpoint.
There are no checkpoints at the border crossing.
ruНа границе нет КПП.
deAm Grenzübergang gibt es keine Kontrollen.
Translations
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Origin
From check + point.From check + point.
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Forms
plural: checkpoints| Singular | checkpoint |
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