checked
/tʃɛkt/ · verb
Meaning
- To inspect; to examine.
- To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
- (often used with "off") 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).
- To control, limit, or halt.
- To verify or compare with a source of information.
- To leave in safekeeping.
- To mark with a check pattern.
- Having a pattern of checks; checkered.
- Of syllables, having a coda.
- Of consonants, glottalized.
- Verified or validated in some way.
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