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check
(chĕk)n.
1.
a. The act or an instance of inspecting or testing something, as for accuracy or quality: gave the paper a final check.
b. A standard for inspecting or evaluating; a test: The condition of the wiring can serve as a check for the level of the seller's home maintenance.
c. A check mark.
2.
a. A ticket or slip of identification: a baggage check.
b. A bill at a restaurant or bar.
c. A chip or counter used in gambling.
3.
a. Something that stops or slows down motion, action, or expression; a restraint: Heavy rains were a check on the army's advance.
b. The condition of being stopped or held back; restraint: kept my temper in check; holding agricultural pests in check with sprays.
c. A stopping or slowing down of something: "The medicines ... gave a check to the disorder that was destroying him" (Richard Henry Dana).
d. Sports The act of blocking or impeding an opponent with the puck in ice hockey, either with one's body or one's stick.
4. A written order to a bank to pay the amount specified from funds on deposit; a draft.
5.
a. A pattern of small squares, as on a chessboard.
b. One of the squares of such a pattern.
c. A fabric patterned with squares: a dress of pale green check.
6. Games
a. A move in chess that directly attacks an opponent's king but does not constitute a checkmate.
b. The position or condition of a king so attacked.
7. A small crack; a chink.
interj.
1. Games Used to declare that a chess opponent's king is in check.
2. Informal Used to express agreement or understanding.
v. checked, check·ing, checks
v.tr.
1.
a. To inspect so as to determine accuracy, quality, or other condition; test: checked the brakes for wear; checked the paper for misspellings.
b. To verify by consulting a source or authority: checked her facts before speaking; check a spelling in the dictionary.
c. To put a check mark on or next to: checked off each item on the list.
2.
a. To arrest or slow the motion or progress of: checked the flow by shutting a valve.
b. To hold in restraint; curb: check an impulse to laugh. See Synonyms at restrain.
c. Baseball To stop (the swing of the bat) in an attempt to avoid swinging at a pitch that is out of the strike zone: The batter checked his swing, and the pitch was called a ball.
d. Sports To block or impede (an opposing player with the ball or puck), as in ice hockey, by using one's body or one's stick.
3. To deposit or consign for safekeeping or shipment: checked his coat at the door; checked my bags and boarded the plane.
4. Games To move in chess so as to put (an opponent's king) under direct attack.
5. To make cracks or chinks in: Sunlight dried and checked the paint.
v.intr.
Phrasal Verbs: 1.
a. To make an examination or investigation; inquire: phoned to check on the departure time; checked into the rumor.
b. To be verified or confirmed; pass inspection: The suspect's story checked out.
c. To agree point for point; correspond: The fingerprints checked with the ones on file.
2.
a. Sports To block or impede an opposing player with the ball or puck, as in ice hockey.
b. To come to an abrupt halt; stop: The soldiers rushed into the room but checked when they saw their commander.
3. To write a check on a bank account.
4. To undergo cracking in a pattern of checks, as paint does.
5. Games
a. To place a chess opponent's king in check.
b. In certain card games, to announce that one is declining the option of making a bet.
6.
a. To pause to relocate a scent. Used of hunting dogs.
b. To abandon the proper game and follow baser prey. Used of trained falcons.
check in
To register, as at a hotel.
check out
1. To settle one's bill and leave a hotel or other place of lodging.
2. To withdraw (an item) after recording the withdrawal: check out books.
3. To record and total up the prices of and receive payment for (items being purchased) at a retail store: The cashier checked out and bagged my order.
4. Slang To die.
check over
To look over; examine: The teacher checked the students' papers over.
[Middle English chek, check in chess, from Old French eschec, from Arabic šāh, from Persian, king, check; see shah.]
check′a·ble adj.
Word History: The words check, chess, and shah are all related. Shah, as one might think, is a borrowing into English of the Persian title for the monarch of that country. The Persian word shāh was also a term used in chess, a game played in Persia long before it was introduced to Europe. One said shāh as a warning when the opponent's king was under attack. The Persian word in this sense, after passing through Arabic, probably Old Spanish, and then Old French, came into Middle English as chek about seven hundred years ago. Chess itself comes from a plural form of the Old French word that gave us the word check. Checkmate, the next stage after check, goes back to the Arabic phrase shāh māt, meaning "the king is dead." Through a complex development having to do with senses that evolved from the notion of checking the king, check came to mean something used to ensure accuracy or authenticity. One such means was a counterfoil, a part of a check, for example, retained by the issuer as documentation of a transaction. Check first meant "counterfoil" and then came to mean anything, such as a bill or bank draft, with a counterfoil—or eventually even without one.
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check in
vb (adverb)
1. (intr) to record one's arrival, as at a hotel or for work; sign in or report
2. (tr) to register the arrival of (passengers, etc)
n
3.
a. the formal registration of arrival, as at an airport or a hotel
b. (as modifier): check-in time.
4. the place where one registers arrival at an airport, etc
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| Verb | 1. | check in - announce one's arrival, e.g. at hotels or airports report - announce one's presence; "I report to work every day at 9 o'clock" check out - announce one's departure from a hotel |
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check
noun1. Something that limits or restricts:
2. The act of stopping:
3. The act of examining carefully:
Informal: going-over.
1. To prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation:
2. To come to a cessation:
Idiom: come to a halt.
3. To control, restrict, or arrest:
4. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose:
Idiom: cut the ground from under.
5. To subject to a procedure that ascertains effectiveness, value, proper function, or other quality:
Idioms: bring to the test, make trial of, put to the proof.
7. To look at carefully or critically.Also used with out:
Informal: case.
Idiom: give a going-over.
check in
phrasal verb
check out
Slang. To cease living:
Informal: pop off.
Idioms: bite the dust, breathe one's last, cash in, give up the ghost, go to one's grave, kick the bucket, meet one's end, pass on to the Great Beyond, turn up one's toes.
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Translations
يَتَسَجَّلُ في الفُنْدُق أو المَطاريَتَسَجَّلُ في فُنْدُق
ubytovat sezapsat se
checke indindskrivetjekke ind
ilmoittautuakirjautualähtöselvityssisääntehdä
prijaviti se
skrá sig inn
depositareeffettuare il check-infirmare il registropresentarsi all'accettazioneregistrarsi [in albergo]
チェックインする
투숙 수속을 밟다
checka in
ลงทะเบียนเพื่อเข้าพัก
đăng ký khi đến khách sạn hoặc sân bay
w>check in
vi (at airport) → sich bei der Abfertigung melden, einchecken; (at hotel) → sich anmelden; what time do you have to check in? → wann musst du am Flughafen sein?
vt sep (at airport) luggage → abfertigen lassen, einchecken; (at hotel) person → anmelden; he isn’t checked in at this hotel → er wohnt nicht in diesem Hotel; they checked me in at a first-class hotel → ich wurde in einem erstklassigen Hotel untergebracht
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
check
(tʃek) verb1. to see if something (eg a sum) is correct or accurate. Will you check my addition?
2. to see if something (eg a machine) is in good condition or working properly. Have you checked the engine (over)?
3. to hold back; to stop. We've checked the flow of water from the burst pipe.
noun1. an act of testing or checking.
2. something which prevents or holds back. a check on imports.
3. in chess, a position in which the king is attacked. He put his opponent's king in check.
4. a pattern of squares. I like the red check on that material.
5. a ticket received in return for handing in baggage etc.
6. (especially American) a bill. The check please, waiter!
7. (American) a cheque.
checked adjective having a pattern of check. She wore a checked skirt; Is the material checked or striped?
ˈcheckbook noun (American) a chequebook.
ˈcheck-in noun1. the place where passengers show travel documents at an airport or seaport. the check-in desk; (American) the check-in counter.
2. the process of checking in at an airport etc.
ˈcheckmate noun in chess, a position from which the king cannot escape.
verb to put (an opponent's king) in this position.
ˈcheckout noun a place where payment is made for goods bought in a supermarket.
ˈcheckpoint noun a barrier where cars, passports etc are inspected, or a point that contestants in a race must pass.
ˈcheck-up noun a medical examination to discover the state of a person's health. my annual check-up.
check in to register at a hotel as a guest or at an airport as a passenger. We checked in last night.
check out1. to leave (a hotel), paying one's bill etc. You must check out before 12 o'clock.
2. (especially American) to test. I'll check out your story.
check up (on) to investigate to see if (someone or something) is reliable, honest, true etc. Have you been checking up on me?
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check in
→ يَتَسَجَّلُ في فُنْدُق ubytovat se tjekke ind einchecken κάνω τσεκ ιν registrar la entrada, registrarse ilmoittautua s'enregistrer prijaviti se effettuare il check-in チェックインする 투숙 수속을 밟다 inchecken sjekke inn zameldować się fazer o check-in регистрироваться, въезжать checka in ลงทะเบียนเพื่อเข้าพัก giriş yapmak đăng ký khi đến khách sạn hoặc sân bay 登记Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009