check
/t͡ʃɛk/ sustantivo A1En español: chequeo, cotejo, jaque, marca de cotejo
- An inspection or examination. · I don't know if she will be there, but it's worth a check.
- A control; a limit or stop. · checks and balances· The castle moat should hold the enemy in check.
- A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
- A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
- An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity. · I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a check for the amount.
- A bill, particularly in a restaurant. · I summoned the waiter, paid the check, and hurried to leave.
- A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play. · The hockey player gave a good hard check to obtain the puck.
- A token used instead of cash in various contexts, including sign-out of company property or collection of rations (dated), in gaming machines, or in gambling generally. · a brass check
Plural checks
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
- check in registrarse de entrada, facturarse la entrada, chequearse en
- check into To formally announce one's arrival at a location or event...
- check off puntear, tarjar
- check on To personally verify that (someone or something) is safe,...
- check out investigar, chequear, checar
- check over To read or inspect, looking for errors or problems.
- check through To permit someone to continue onward, e.g. through a secu...
- check up revisar
De la biblioteca
For years I had gradually weaned him from that drug mania which had threatened once to check his remarkable career.
On looking over the bank-book I found that the low state of the balance was principally due to large checks which have been made out during the last year to Mr.
Failing any other indication, my researches must now take the direction of an inquiry at the bank for the gentleman who has cashed these checks.
But, fortunately, Musgrave, who had begun to appreciate the meaning of my proceedings, and who was now as excited as myself, took out his manuscript to check my calculation.
Otras coincidencias
- check To mark with a check pattern. A2
- check verificar, chequear, checar C2
- check patrón cuadriculado C2
- check An expression showing that a requirement has be... C2
- check in registrarse de entrada, facturarse la entrada, ...
- check into To formally announce one's arrival at a locatio...
- check off puntear, tarjar
- check on To personally verify that
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