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checklist

/ˈt͡ʃɛklɪst/

checklist noun: a list of tasks to be completed, names to be consulted, conditions to be verified and similar.

Noun

checklist (plural checklists)

  1. A list of tasks to be completed, names to be consulted, conditions to be verified and similar.
  2. An inventory, especially of species.
    • a checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield

Verb

checklist (third-person singular simple present checklists, present participle checklisting, simple past and past participle checklisted)

  1. (transitive) To add to a checklist.
    • It was like he was checklisting the steps of brushing your teeth. Everyone knows how to brush your teeth—you do it automatically—so what good would a checklist do?2020, Danielle Ofri, When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error, page 10

checklist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

checklist in Hindi

जाँच सूची, चेकलिस्ट, जाँच-सूची

checklist in Tamil

சரிபார்ப்புப் பட்டியல்

checklist in Marathi

तपासणी यादी, चेकलिस्ट, तपासणी सूची

checklist in Urdu

چیک لسٹ, چیکلسٹ
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checklist in Bengali
চেকলিস্ট, চেকলিস্ট করা, চেকলিস্টে
checklist in Telugu
తనిఖీ జాబితా, చెక్లిస్ట్, చెక్ లిస్ట్
checklist in Malayalam
ചെക്ക്ലിസ്റ്റ്, ചെക്ക്ലിസ്റ്റ് ചെയ്യുക
checklist in Kannada
ಅಂಶಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿ, ತಾಳೆಪಟ್ಟಿ
checklist in Punjabi
ਚੈੱਕਲਿਸਟ, ਚੈੱਕਲਿਸਟ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
checklist in Gujarati
ચેકલિસ્ટ, તપાસ યાદી, ચકાસણી યાદી
checklist in Odia
ଯାଞ୍ଚ ତାଲିକା, ଚେକଲିସ୍ଟ, ଚେକ୍ଲିସ୍ଟ
checklist in Nepali
चेकलिस्ट, जाँच सूची, जाँचसूची
checklist in Arabic
قائمة التحقق
checklist in Indonesian
daftar centang

Examples of checklist in a sentence

  • He ran off the checklist one by one but still missed a couple of items.
  • It's easiest to onboard and offboard employees if you have a checklist to follow.
  • It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why these checklists exist: expectations and uncertainty.

All 15 example sentences with checklist

Forms of checklist

Noun
pluralchecklists
Verb
third-person singular presentchecklists
present participlechecklisting
past participlechecklisted
pastchecklisted

Plural of checklist: checklists

Origin of checklist

From check + list.

Words formed from checklist

Questions about checklist

What does checklist mean?
Checklist means a list of tasks to be completed, names to be consulted, conditions to be verified and similar.
What is checklist in Hindi?
Checklist in Hindi is जाँच सूची, चेकलिस्ट, जाँच-सूची. See Checklist meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is checklist?
Checklist can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce checklist?
Checklist is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɛklɪst/.
What is the plural of checklist?
The plural of checklist is checklists.

Words near checklist in the dictionary

  1. checklaton
  2. checkless
  3. checklessness
  4. Checkley
  5. Checkley cum Wrinehill
  6. checklist
  7. checklisted
  8. checklister
  9. checklisters
  10. checklisting
  11. checklists

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: checklist (page history and authors); checklist (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); checklist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); checklist (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); checklist (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); checklist (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); checklist (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); checklist (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); checklist (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); checklist (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); checklist (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); checklist (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); checklist (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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