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check into

check into verb: to formally announce one's arrival at a location or event (usually a hotel) to a proprietor or employee of that location or event in order to secure admission, accommodations, or other services.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To formally announce one's arrival at a location or event (usually a hotel) to a proprietor or employee of that location or event in order to secure admission, accommodations, or other services.
    • We left Tan Son Nhut and checked into the Globe. Unfortunately, the hotel was all but full for the first time, and since rooms were short, our crew checked into just two suites rather than three rooms.2008, Billy Barry, A Trash Hauler in Vietnam: Memoir of Four Tactical Airlift Tours, 1965-1968
  2. (transitive) To seek to verify (a claim or some data).
    • Can you check into his story? See if you can disprove it.
  3. (transitive) To announce on social media that one has come to a location.
    • She was downtown earlier. I saw that she checked into the Starbucks on Main Street.

Forms of check into

third-person singular presentchecks into
present participlechecking into
past participlechecked into
pastchecked into

Questions about check into

What does check into mean?
Check into means to formally announce one's arrival at a location or event (usually a hotel) to a proprietor or employee of that location or event in order to secure admission, accommodations, or other services.
What part of speech is check into?
Check into is a verb.
What is the past tense of check into?
The past tense of check into is checked into.

Words near check into in the dictionary

  1. check hook
  2. check hooks
  3. check in
  4. check in on
  5. check in with oneself
  6. check into
  7. check is in the mail
  8. check key
  9. check keys
  10. check mark
  11. check marks

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