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CHECK-UP

Specialty Definition: CHECK-UP

DomainDefinition

Health

A general physical examination. (references)

Medicine

A general physical examination - went to the hospital every year for a --. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: CHECK-UP

Non-English Usage: "CHECK-UP" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (physical examination).

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Modern Usage: CHECK-UP

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Thousand Smile Check-Up (1960)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: CHECK-UP

DomainTitle

Books

  • Adventures of Check-Up Pup: Duke Gets a Dip (reference)

  • Job Search Check-Up (reference)

  • Legal Check-Up for Medical Practice: Essential Guide for the Health Care Team (reference)

  • Man's Check-Up (reference)

  • Moms Check-Up (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: CHECK-UP

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Photo Album: CHECK-UP

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Tracking down and treating diabetes starts with routine medical check-up. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by P. Larsen..

A routine check-up for a diabetes sufferer. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by A.S. Kochar..

This little boy is having an eye check-up ... / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by N. Willard..

Check-Up Train / J. Smith. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Production. Aircraft. Final assembly line of the Vega Aircraft Corporation. A mechanic makes a final check-up on a Ventura bomber. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "CHECK-UP".

PlayCaption
Dentist; dental; check-up; cleaning; teeth; tooth.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: CHECK-UP

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Visit your dentist for a check-up at least twice a year. Your dentist might give you a special fluoride solution that you can rinse with to help keep your teeth healthy. (references)

Political Economy

Indonesia

Wahid eventually left the palace and traveled to the U.S. for a medical check-up, returning to Indonesia in early August, clearly no longer an obstacle to the new government. (references)

Travel

China

The application process is long and bothersome and requirements many, including a complete physical check-up. (references)

Women

Armenia

Prostitution is not illegal, and according to anecdotal evidence, most prostitutes stopped by police simply are sent to a hospital or physician for a medical check-up. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: CHECK-UP

"CHECK-UP" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CHECK-UP" is used about 88 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%8835,154

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CHECK-UP

Language Translations for "CHECK-UP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏فحص طبي (physical check-up, physical examination). (various references)

   

Danish

  

check-up, kontrolundersøgelse. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

check-up. (various references)

   

French

  

inventaire, examen préventif, examen de santé (check up, checkup, health check-up), examen complet, bilan de santé (physical check-up). (various references)

   

German

  

Check-up. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

προσυμπτωματικός έλεγχος, τσέκ-άπ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

részletes ellenőrzés, kivizsgálás (check up, investigation, medical check-up, overhaul). (various references)

   

Italian

  

check-up. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

定期検診 (periodic medical check-up). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ていきけ"し" (periodic medical check-up). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eck-upchay

   

Portuguese

  

exame completo. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

ревизионная комиссия (check-up committee). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

chequeo (check, checkup). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

hastighetskontroll (speed check-up). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ไ"้รับการตรวจร่างกายจากแพทย์ (get a check-up). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

barlag. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự kiểm tra (inspection, tab), sự kiểm soát (check, control), sự kiểm lại (check). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: CHECK-UP

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: checkup.

Words within the letters "c-c-e-h-k-p-u"

-2 letters: check, chuck.

-3 letters: cuke, heck, huck, pech, peck, puce, puck, puke.

-4 letters: cep, cue, cup, ecu, hep, hue, hup, kep, kue, pec, peh, uke.

-5 letters: eh, he, pe, uh, up.

 Words containing the letters "c-c-e-h-k-p-u"
 

+1 letter: checkups.

 

+2 letters: upchucked.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Sounds
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Usage Frequency
9. Translations: Modern
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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