checkest

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To inspect; to examine.
   • Check the oil in your car once a month.
2. (transitive) To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
3. (US, often, transitive) To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
   • Check the items on the list that interest you.

   Synonyms:

   check off, tick, tick off, cross off, strike off

   Antonyms:

   uncheck

4. (transitive) To control, limit, or halt.
   • Check your enthusiasm during a negotiation.

   Synonyms:

   curtail, restrain, behedge, guard, govern, smother, bind, chasten, choke back, inhibit

5. (informal, transitive) To scold or rebuke someone.
6. (transitive) To verify or compare with a source of information.
   • Check your data against known values.

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