check

check

check (third-person singular simple present checks, present participle checking, simple past and past participle checked)

1. To inspect; to examine.

   Check the oil in your car once a month.

   Check whether this page has a watermark.

2. To mark with a checkmark.

   Check the correct answer to each question.

3. To control, limit, or halt.

   Check your enthusiasm during a negotiation.

   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13

     She was about to retort but something checked the words on her tongue.

4. To verify or compare with a source of information.

   Check your data against known values.

5. To leave in safekeeping.

   Check your hat and coat at the door.

6. To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.

   Check your bags at the ticket counter before the flight.

7. (contact sports) To physically remove a person from play.

   The hockey player checked the defenceman to obtain the puck.

8. (poker) To remain in the hand without betting, only legal if no one has yet bet.

   Tom did not think he could win, so he checked.

check (plural checks)

1. An inspection or examination.

   I dont know if she will be there, but its worth a check.

2. A control; a limit or stop.

   checks and balances

3. (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ?) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK).

   Place a check by the things you have done.

4. (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada).

   I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a check for the amount.

5. (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.

   I summoned the waiter, paid the check, and hurried to leave.

6. (chess) The situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
7. (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.

   The hockey player gave a good hard check to obtain the puck.

8. A token used instead of cash in gaming machines.
   • 1963, American law reports annotated: second series (volume 89)

     […] the statute prohibits a machine which dispenses checks or tokens for replay […]

	controllare
	to inspect, examine
	To see if something is correct.
	A written order on a bank to pay a sum of money from funds in an account. Checks show the name of the company or individual receiving payment, the signature and account number of the person issuing the check, the payment amount and the current date. Checks usually are numbered in sequence.

	controllo
	a control, limit or stop
	an inspection or examination
	An act of testing or checking.

verificare

	assegno
	A written order on a bank to pay a sum of money from funds in an account. Checks show the name of the company or individual receiving payment, the signature and account number of the person issuing the check, the payment amount and the current date. Checks usually are numbered in sequence.

	scacco
	chess: when the king is directly threatened by an enemy piece
	a checkered pattern

	verifica
	a control, limit or stop
	an inspection or examination
	An additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct.

	conto
	a bill, particularly at a restaurant
	La somma dovuta in un ristorante o lo scontrino.
	Sum owed in a restaurant, or the relative bill.

	quadretto
	a checkered pattern

	segno
	a mark like a v or sometimes x used as an indicator

esaminare

addizione

arginare

arrestare

arresto

aspettare

assaggiare

assegno bancario

attendere

corrispondere

criterio

dare scacco

depositare

dominare

fermare

frenare

freno

gettone

governare

impedimento

impedire

indagine

ispezione

marca

opprimere

ostacolo

prova

provare

rallentare

revisionare

ritenere

scacco al re

scontrino

spuntare

tessuto a scacchi

visto

Altri significati:

(usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.

An inspection or examination.

(contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.

To mark with a checkmark.

(US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ?) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick '''(UK)''' .

to leave in safekeeping

to mark with a checkmark

(poker) To remain in the hand without betting, only legal if no one has yet bet.

to leave with shipping agent for shipping

to verify or compare with a source of information

(poker) to remain in the hand without betting

To control, limit, or halt.

(US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.

(contact sports) To physically remove a person from play.

to control, limit, or halt

To leave in safekeeping.

weight (e.g. paperweight)

To inspect; to examine.

To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.

To verify or compare with a source of information.

(US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque '''(UK, Canada)''' .

A control; a limit or stop.

(chess) The situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.

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