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Definition: Check |
CheckNoun1. A written order directing a bank to pay money; "he paid all his bills by check". 2. An appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress". 3. The bill in a restaurant; "he asked the waiter for the check". 4. The state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat". 5. Additional proof that something that was believed is true; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory". 6. The act of inspecting or verifying; "they made a check of their equipment"; "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure". 7. A mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.; "as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name". 8. A mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something. 9. A textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard); "she wore a skirt with checks". 10. : the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper". 11. : obstructing an opponent in ice hockey. 12. : (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king. Verb1. Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine". 2. Make an examination or investigation; "check into the rumor"; "check the time of the class". 3. Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product". 4. Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake" "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger". 5. Stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution; "She checked for an instant and missed a step". 6. Put a check mark on or next to; "Please check each name on the list". 7. Slow the growth or development of. 8. Be verified or confirmed; pass inspection; "These stories don't check!". 9. Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints do'nt match those on the gun". 10. : block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey. 11. : train by instruction and practice; esp. to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?". 12. : consign for shipment on a vehicle, as of luggage; "check your luggage before boarding". 13. : hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping; "Check your coat at the door". 14. : abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey, of falcons. 15. : stop in a chase esp. when scent is lost; "The dog checked". 16. : mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on. 17. : decline to initiate betting, in poker. 18. : hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in SE Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back athe tide of communism". 19. : place into check in a game of chess; "He checked my kings". 20. : write out a check on a bank account. 21. : find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time". 22. : verify by consulting a source or authority; "check the spelling of this word"; "check your facts". 23. : arrest the motion (of something) abruptly; "He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve". 24. : make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint". 25. : become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "check" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Computing | Check n. A hardware-detected error condition, most commonly used to refer to actual hardware failures rather than software-induced traps. E.g., a `parity check' is the result of a hardware-detected parity error. Recorded here because the word often humorously extended to non-technical problems. For example, the term `child check' has been used to refer to the problems caused by a small child who is curious to know what happens when s/he presses all the cute buttons on a computer's console (of course, this particular problem could have been prevented with molly-guards). Source: Jargon File. |
Building & Civil Engineering | Spillway device or small dam placed in an open drain to prevent erosion during a flood and to maintain the upstream water level in the ditch during low flow period in order to avoid excessive lowering of the water table near the ditch. Source: European Union. (references) |
Business | A written instruction by a customer in a prescribed form to a bank to make payment of a specified sum out of his account. Source: European Union. (references) |
Finance | A written order instructing a thrift institution or bank to pay immediately on demand a specified amount of money from the check writer's account to the person named on the check or, if a specific person is not named, to whoever bears the check to the institution for payment. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A condition where plant growth is markedly reduced or even arrested through e. g. competition, state of the soil or disease. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Anything done to confirm the validity of figures or information. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Industry | A small surface crack in concrete(attributed to drying). Source: European Union. (references) |
| Small crack of bright specular appearance caused by pressure of a roller on the hot glass or by contact with cold metal. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A fine short surface crack, caused by the contact between hot glass and a colder surface. "Check" usually refers to a crack which is short but relatively deep; "crizzle" to a longer very shallow crack. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A longitudinal fissure in wood resulting from stresses that caused the wood fibres to separate along the grain, and not extending in the converted piece from one surface to another. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Language | To deposit temporarily; as check your hat and coat. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. Applied to slit canvas or brattice cloth placed across a passage to prevent the flow of air while still permitting the passage of personnel and equipment. See also:check curtain b. A brass disk with a miner's lamp number punched on it that a person exchanges for a lamp at the lamp room every time the person enters orleaves the mine. (references) |
Slang | Verb. Source: Uncertain. Definition: To push or run into an opposing hockey player for defensive purposes. Context: This term is used particularly when the push or collision is extreme. It can also be used as a noun when describing the action. Social Source: New York City club hockey players. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Transportation | To leave in temporary custody. Source: European Union. (references) |
| An arrangement of different colours, usually black and white or red white, arranged in alternate squares in the pattern of a chess-board. This arrangement is used in some countries as an additional distinguishing character for buoys. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| To consign for shipment typically as a service extended to the holder of a passenger ticket. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A check or cheque is a document instructing a financial institution to pay a specific amount of a specific currency from a specific current account held in the issuer's name with that institution. Both the issuer and payee may be individuals or commercial entities.An order check—the most common form in the United States—is payable only to the named payee or his endorsee. A bearer check—the most common form in Europe—is payable to anyone who is in possession of the document, although checks are often crossed a/c payee to restrict payment to the payee.
In games such as chess, shogi and xiangqi, a check is an immediate threat to capture the king. A king so threatened is said to be in check.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Check."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
To check in the game of poker is to decline making a bet. If no player has yet Openeded a betting round, the player in turn may check, indicating that he does not choose to open, but that he wishes to keep his cards and retain the right to call or raise later in the same round if some other player opens. A common way to signify checking is to rap the table with an open hand or fist.A player with a live Blind who chooses not to take advantage of his right to Raise is said to check his option, which can be signified the same way.
The word check is also used for chip, especially in casinos.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Check (poker)."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In politics, the principle of checks and balances underlies many democratic governments. The term was coined by Montesquieu during the Enlightenment. The principle is an outgrowth of the classical idea of separation of powers. The first national system of checks and balances was outlined by the United States Constitution in 1789.A government is said to have an effective system of checks and balances if no one branch of government holds total power, and can be overidden by another.
In most nations with a three-branch government, the process of checks and balances works in a manner similar to this:
Thus, each branch has some level of control over the other, and all three are necessary for the government to function properly.
- The executive branch approves the bills of the legislature into law, but retains the right of veto or suspension. It can also appoint judges and cabinent members, and can pardon citizens.
- The legislative branch has the authority to impeach members of the executive or judicial branch from office, or force elections. It also confirms or denies executive and judicial appointees, and can override vetos. In many countries, members of the executive, including the cabinet are also selected directly from the legislature.
- The judiciary's primary function is to ensure that the laws passed by the government are obeyed. It can also throw out laws it deems illegal, or unconstitutional.
See also: Three powers of the State, Separation of powers
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Checks and balances."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Starting position
The Board
Chess is played on a square board, divided into 64 squares of alternating color (32 white, 32 black), upon which move 16 "light" and 16 "dark" pieces. Chess sets are usually either black and white, red and black, or white and green.Sets used for play are commonly made of wood or plastic, although ornamental sets of stone, glass, or metal are often used to decorate homes. Likewise, the chessboards themselves can be made of wood, cardboard, leather, stone, glass, or any other material that the design can be placed on. Many times the board is also used in the game of checkers. Many travel boards fold into a box and the pieces fit inside.
The board is placed so that a light-colored square is in the right corner; a dark one in the left. Each player controls sixteen pieces: a king, a queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns. At the beginning of the game, the pieces are arranged as shown in the diagram to the left: the rooks are the pieces in the corners, next to them are the knights, then the bishops, and queen and king in the center, behind the eight pawns. Note that the White queen starts on a white square, and the Black queen starts on a black square.
Gameplay
Move Sequence
The "color" of each player is determined either by mutual agreement; or by random means. player controlling the white pieces moves first, then the players alternate moves.A player's king is never captured. When a player makes a move that threatens the opposing king with capture, the king is said to be in check, and the player with the move is required to immediately eliminate the threat by one of three means:
White is checkmated A player may never leave his king in check at the end of his move.
- Move the king to a square not threatened;
- Capture the threatening piece; or
- Place a piece between the king and the threatening piece.
In informal games, it is customary to announce "check" when making a move that puts the opponent's king in check. In formal competitions, this is not only unnecessary but may be considered annoying or distracting.
If a player's king is placed in check, and there is no legal move that player can make to escape check, then the king is said to be checkmated, the game ends, and that player loses. The diagram to the right shows a typical checkmate position. The white king is under attack by the black queen; every square to which the king could move is also attacked; and he cannot capture the queen, because he would then be attacked by the rook.
White is stalemated The game ends in a draw on one of these conditions:
Either player may claim a draw by indicating that one of the following conditions exists:
- The player to move is not in check but has no legal move (This is called a stalemate, and such a position is shown in the diagram to the left.);
- There is no possibility for either player to mate the opponent, because there are insufficient pieces remaining;
- By agreement of the players.
Tournament games are played under time constraints. Each player must make all his moves in a specified time, or be in danger of forfeit.
- Fifty moves have been played by each player without a piece being captured or a pawn moved.
- The same board position has been repeated three times, with the same player to move and all pieces having the same rights to move, including such things as the right to castle or capture en passant. In particular, if a player is able to check the opposing king continually (perpetual check) and he indicates his intention to do so, the game is considered a draw.
- If there is a checkmate on the board, the player delivering checkmate wins, no matter what is subsequently noticed about the time.
- If player A calls attention to the fact that player B is out of time, but it is then noted that player A is also out of time, the game is drawn.
- If player A calls attention to the fact that player B is out of time, player A is not out of time, and player A has sufficient material to checkmate (either a pawn, a knight and a bishop, two bishops, a rook, or a queen), then player A wins immediately.
- If player A calls attention to the fact that player B is out of time, and player A does not have sufficient material to checkmate, the game is drawn.
Various tournament rules have been devised to prevent players from playing on with no practical chances of winning on the board, intending merely to win when their opponent runs out of time. For example, a king and rook versus a king, bishop, and pawn cannot be won by either player 99% of the time, even though both sides theoretically have enough material to checkmate. The player with more time might play quickly in hopes of inducing a blunder or running out the opponent's clock. If a player believes his opponent is attempting to win a drawn position on time, he may appeal to a tournament official, who may impose a result or a penalty in accordance with whatever rules are in effect for that tournament.
In formal competition, each player is obliged to record each move as it is played in order to settle disputes about illegal positions and overstepping time control. Algebraic chess notation is presently used for this, though some older books still use descriptive chess notation.
External links
- Official FIDE rules
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Rules of chess."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| CHK | English | Check | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: CheckSynonyms: arrest (n), assay (n), bank check (n), bridle (n), check mark (n), checkout (n), check-out procedure (n), cheque (n), chip (n), chit (n), confirmation (n), crack (n), curb (n), halt (n), hitch (n), stay (n), stop (n), stoppage (n), substantiation (n), tab (n), verification (n), agree (v), ascertain (v), assure (v), break (v), check into (v), check off (v), check out (v), check over (v), check up on (v), checker (v), chequer (v), chink (v), condition (v), contain (v), control (v), correspond (v), determine (v), discipline (v), ensure (v), find out (v), fit (v), gibe (v), go over (v), hold (v), hold back (v), hold in (v), insure (v), jibe (v), learn (v), look into (v), mark (v), mark off (v), match (v), moderate (v), retard (v), see (v), see to it (v), suss out (v), tally (v), tick off (v), train (v), turn back (v), watch (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: disagree (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Adversity | Mishap, mischance, misadventure, misfortune; disaster, calamity, catastrophe; accident, casualty, cross, reverse, check, contretemps, rub; backset, comedown, setback. |
Counteraction | Noun: counteraction, opposition; contrariety; antagonism, polarity; clashing; Verb: collision, interference, inhibition, resistance, renitency, friction; reaction; retroaction; (recoil); counterblast; neutralization; (compensation); vis inertiae; check; (hindrance). |
Debt | Bill; check; account (credit). |
Dissuasion | Cohibition; (restraint); curb; (means of restraint); check; (hindrance). |
Excitability | Make light of, make the best of, make "a virtue of necessity"; put a good face on, keep one's countenance; check; check oneself. |
Experiment | Grope; feel one's way, grope for one's way; fumble, t_tonner, aller _ t_tons, put out a feeler, throw out a feeler; send up a trial balloon, send up a pilot balloon; see how the land lies, get the lay of the land, test the waters, feel out, sound out, take the pulse, see, check, check out, see how the wind blows; consult the barometer; feel the pulse; fish for, bob for; cast for, beat about for; angle, trawl, cast one's net, beat the bushes. |
Crucible, reagent, check, touchstone, pix; assay, ordeal; ring; litmus paper, curcuma paper, turmeric paper; test tube; analytical instruments. | |
Hindrance | Impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, knot, knag; check, hitch, contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil. |
Keep off, stave off, ward off; obviate; avert, antevert; turn aside, draw off, prevent, forefend, nip in the bud; retard, slacken, check, let; counteract, countercheck; preclude, debar, foreclose, estop; inhibit; shackle; (restrain); restrict. | |
Indication | Warning; omen; prefigurement. trace, record. warning; alarm. scepter. trophy. gauge. milestone, milepost. brand, fool's cap. check, telltale; test; (experiment); mileage ticket; milliary. |
Badge, criterion; countercheck, countermark, countersign, counterfoil; duplicate, tally; label, ticket, billet, letter, counter, check, chip, chop; dib; totem; tessera, card, bill; witness, voucher; stamp; cacher; trade mark, Hall mark. | |
Measurement | Measure, yard measure, standard, rule, foot rule, compass, calipers; gage, gauge; meter, line, rod, check; dividers; velo. |
Money | Note, note of hand; promissory note, I O U; draft, check, cheque, back-dated check; negotiable order of withdrawal, NOW. |
Restraint | Verb: restrain, check; put under restraint, lay under restraint; enthral, enthrall, inthral, inthrall, bethral, bethrall; restrict; debar; (hinder); constrain; coerce; (compel); curb, control; hold back, hold from, hold in, hold in check, hold within bounds, keep back, keep from, keep in, keep in check, keep within bounds; hold in leash, hold in leading strings; withhold. |
Slowness | Retard, relax; slacken, check, moderate, rein in, curb; reef; strike sail, shorten sail, take in sail; put on the drag, apply the brake; clip the wings; reduce the speed; slacken speed, slacken one's pace; lose ground. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | And they'd just eat with their mouths open, and to be honest, it was too much for me. You get to be thinking about how short life is, and how maybe everything has no meaning, because you wake up, and you're frying burgers, and you're like 60, 70, and then you check out, you know (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.) I don't think so, but I could check with the kitchen (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis.) Going to check all the joy houses till I find him. (The Sting; writing credit: David S. Ward) Yeah sure I just have to check in with my parole officer (Double Jeopardy; writing credit: David Weisberg; Douglas Cook) Check my pulse on this question, Jack, do I think you're a psycho (Meet the Parents; writing credit: Greg Glienna; Mary Ruth Clarke) | |
Lyrics | I check myself out in the mirror I wanna change my clothes my hair my face (DANCING IN THE DARK; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen) Thcka, check switch uh (Ugly; performing artist: Bubba Sparxxx) Until you get your check next week ("Bills, Bills, Bills"; performing artist: Destiny's Child) You check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords (Sultans Of Swing; performing artist: Dire Straits) As her folks drive away her dad yells, Check the oil ("Wide Open Spaces"; performing artist: Dixie Chicks) | |
Clever | You work for a defense contractor if you have to call home to check on the weather. (references; author: unknown) Yesterday is a cancelled check. Tomorrow is a promised note. Today is ready cash, use it! (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Check Post (1974) Magoo's Check Up (1955) Check Your Guns (1948) Hat Check Honey (1944) Check and Double Check (1930) | |
Song Titles | Check Yes Or No (performing artist: George Strait) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Engineers Check Body Revolution Model. Credit: NASA. |  | Discovery External Tank Connection Check. Credit: NASA. |
 | Boston whaler outfitted for inshore hydrography Doing bar check to calibrate sounding instrument Off NOAA Ship PEIRCE. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Various bottom configurations plus bar check record Hydrographic Manual 1942. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Salmon being counted when passing through weirs. By law, a certain percentage of salmon runs had to be allowed to escape commercial fisheries in order to spawn. To check the percentage, counting weirs were maintained on many streams. F&W - 10,111. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Pre-dive check list ensures safety of bell dive operations. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | Staff Sgt. Robert Davila, Texas Air National Guard, carefully raises an F-16 Fighting Falcon in order to check the landing gear. (P.; photo by Army Staff Sgt. Len Butler).. |  | Missouri poultry producers and their feline friend check the contents of a poultry litter composter, which protects the environment and supplies nutrients for grassland. Credit: Charlie Rahm. |
 | Dan Mountjoy and Robert Loveland, NRCS Soil Conservationists, Salinas, CA, check a soil sample. Strawberries will be planted in the raised behind them. [Slide 97CS2985]. Credit: Bob Nichols. |  | African American farmer Ben Burkette check sweet corn crop in Perry County, MS. Burkette is Executive Director of the Mississippi Association of Cooperatives. Credit: USDA. |
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| "Check it out..." by Mike Berg Commentary: "Sunset on Red Rock Lake - Whiteshell Park, MB." | "Ready To Check." by T. Al Nakib Commentary: "Contact me if you would like to use this photo. In some cases, larger resolutions are available. Please ask for details." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus | Blot out vain pomp; check impulse; quench appetite; keep reason under its own control. |
Sir Richard Steele | To behold her is an immediate check to loose behavior; to love her is a liberal education. |
Typographic | Yesterday is a canceled check, tomorrow is a promissory note, today is ready cash -- spend it ... wisely. |
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1910) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This barricade, built as it was, and admirably supported, was really one of those positions in which a handful of men hold a legion in check. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Check pets for ticks. (references) | |
They can also use gait analysis to check surgical results. (references) | ||
Be sure to check the list of ingredients on food products. (references) | ||
Business | Cars must pass an annual emission check. (references) | |
These do not require a credit check or a contract. (references) | ||
Trade shows in Poland are also a good way to find or check out potential Polish partners. (references) | ||
Children | Switzerland | Social and youth protection services were also under scrutiny for failing to check on the child's whereabouts and for not confirming that someone was taking care of her. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Peru | Police may check travelers at control points throughout the country. (references) |
Kenya | However, police routinely stop vehicles and check vehicles' safety and drivers' documents on roads throughout the country. (references) | |
Economic History | Peru | The Central Bank's primary goal is to keep inflation in check. (references) |
Hungary | The Act on Credit Institution regulates the credit check procedure. (references) | |
Liberia | Banks charge a fee to deposit money, withdraw money, or cash a check. (references) | |
Human Rights | Albania | The officer was demoted to the level of Head of Police Check Point. (references) |
Iraq | The judiciary is not independent, and there is no check on the President's power to override any court decision. (references) | |
Malaysia | Many observers acknowledged that the Commission had become a credible check on police authority where none existed before. (references) | |
Minorities | Japan | Naturalization procedures also required an extensive background check, including inquiries into the applicant's economic status and assimilation into Japanese society. (references) |
Political Economy | SPAIN | The employee receives his/her annual salary in 14 payments: one paycheck each month and an "extra" check in June and in December. (references) |
PORTUGAL | Portugal has a regular system of unannounced inspections of firms by the Inspectorate General of Labor to check for the illegal employment of minors. (references) | |
Political Rights | Guyana | Since the party in power controls Parliament, the legislature typically provides only a limited check on the executive's power. (references) |
Congo | Subnational government entities lack an independent revenue base and do not represent a significant check on central authority. (references) | |
Congo | The CNT debates issues freely and summons cabinet ministers to answer questions about their portfolios; however, it was dominated by supporters of the President and did not serve as a meaningful check on executive authority. (references) | |
Trade | Slovak Rep | The system also processes check transactions. (references) |
Ghana | For further information please check the CEPS website, www.cepsghana.org. (references) | |
Bolivia | Exporters are encouraged to check with importers regarding relevant policies prior to shipment. (references) | |
Travel | Sri Lanka | Customs does not check for software. (references) |
Vietnam | Check the fee structure prior to placing any calls overseas. (references) | |
Ukraine | Please check and confirm rates at your hotel prior to arrival. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Moldova | The State is required to set and check safety standards in the workplace. (references) |
Pakistan | This policy also decrees that, in order to check the growth of trade unions, unions receiving less than 20 percent of the votes in a referendum are to be dissolved automatically and their registrations canceled. (references) | |
Malaysia | From 1998 through June, 130 individuals involved in the harboring of prostitutes were placed under "restricted residence." The Restricted Residence Act is designed to deter organized criminal activity and requires individuals to temporarily move to a predetermined location far from their usual domicile, and check in regularly with police. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Pierce Brosnan | Of course it is because they're missed. It's final. It's over, and especially when you have children like I do. I have two stepchildren and a son from that family and that time. And, you know, you check in with them. |
Robert Atkins | OK, then which I stop one of our first callers, you should really check your temperature to see if perhaps you don't have a sluggish thyroid because that may be the answer. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | As the first proceeds in an essential degree from an excess of imported merchandise, which carries a check in its own tendency, the cause in its present extent can not be very long in duration. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Fortunately, a considerable check has been given to that spirit by our cruisers, who have succeeded in capturing and destroying several of their vessels. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Those by whom and for whom the Government was instituted and is supported will constitute its protection in the hour of danger as they do its check in the hour of safety. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Designed to check inflation in earlier years, it now checks growth instead. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | I believe, and I am supported by some authority, that if they are not checked now the world can expect to pay a greater price to check them later. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | If you do--and I hope you will--the Treasury can send the first check for half of the rebate in May and the second by September. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Let's check our progress in attacking social problems where important gains have been made but which still need critical attention. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Now, specifically, I propose a plan to ensure that all new handgun buyers must first have a photo license from their state showing they passed the Brady background check and a gun safety course, before they get the gun. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Check" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 51.28% of the time. "Check" is used about 6,356 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 51.28% | 3,260 | 2,915 |
| Noun (singular) | 25.02% | 1,590 | 5,205 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 23.67% | 1,504 | 5,411 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.02% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.02% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6,356 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "check" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Check | Last name | 1,000 | 17,833 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Israel | Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. | USA | Check Technology Corp. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "check": acceptance of a check ♦ arithmetical and procedural check ♦ attendance check ♦ bad check ♦ baggage check ♦ bank check ♦ banker's check ♦ be in check ♦ bearer check ♦ bed check ♦ blank check ♦ block Redundancy Check ♦ bogus check ♦ cash a check ♦ cashiers check ♦ cashier's check ♦ certified check ♦ Charlier check ♦ Charlier's check ♦ check account ♦ check again ♦ check against ♦ check back ♦ check bearer ♦ Check book ♦ check box ♦ check crossed generally ♦ check crossed specially ♦ check dam ♦ check digit ♦ check firing ♦ check for ♦ check girl ♦ Check hook ♦ check in ♦ check in counter ♦ check into ♦ check list ♦ check lock ♦ check mark ♦ Check nut ♦ check of faithfulness ♦ check off ♦ check on ♦ check oneself ♦ check out ♦ check out of a hotel ♦ check over ♦ check overdraft credit ♦ check palliate ♦ check pilot ♦ check problem ♦ check protecting machine ♦ check room ♦ check smth. out ♦ check stub ♦ check sweeping ♦ check the books ♦ check the box ♦ check the demand for credit ♦ check the growth of ♦ check the weight ♦ check through ♦ check up ♦ check up on ♦ check up on smb. ♦ check valve ♦ claim check ♦ collapse check ♦ copy check ♦ crypto check digits ♦ cushioned check valve ♦ customs check ♦ cyclic check ♦ cyclic redundancy check ♦ desk check ♦ disability check ♦ discovered check ♦ dishonor a check ♦ dishonored check ♦ dishonour a check ♦ dishonoured check ♦ disk of a swing check valve ♦ documentary check ♦ dogstooth check ♦ double check ♦ draw a check ♦ dud check ♦ endorse a check ♦ frame Check Sequence ♦ give check ♦ gum check ♦ health check ♦ honeycomb check ♦ honor a check ♦ honour a check ♦ houndstooth check ♦ identity check ♦ in check ♦ indorse a check ♦ input check. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "check": check-about, check-and-balance, check-bloomered, check-book, check-flights, check-in, check-in desk, check-in time, check-ins, check-it-out, check-list, check-lists, check-mark, check-mate, check-nut, check-off, check-o-matic, check-out, check-out desk, check-out procedure, check-outs, check-over, check-playing, check-point, check-points, check-rail, check-replay, check-stay, check-summer, check-taker, check-test, check-till, check-up, check-up, check-ups, check-weigh, check-weigher, check-writing machine. | |
Ending with "check": Multi-check, re-check. | |
Containing "check": hat-check-girl, red-and-white-check-curtain-windowed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
check | 15,602 | ordering check | 712 |
adult check | 5,133 | criminal check | 704 |
personal check | 5,127 | check by mail | 679 |
background check | 5,093 | business check | 667 |
yahoo mail check | 3,236 | check cashing | 635 |
credit check | 3,226 | adult check site | 628 |
check unlimited | 2,300 | adult check gold | 619 |
free background check | 2,083 | check email at yahoo | 600 |
check aol mail | 1,871 | check design | 584 |
the check is in the mail | 1,861 | order check online | 558 |
check email | 1,492 | online check | 552 |
designer check | 1,371 | check printing | 545 |
current check | 1,346 | deluxe check | 530 |
spell check | 1,333 | image check | 472 |
free credit check | 1,323 | check order | 462 |
order check | 1,111 | cheap check | 445 |
check mail | 1,082 | check system | 441 |
criminal background check | 1,038 |
