check
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～ stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution; "She checked for an instant and missed a step"
check
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～ write out a check on a bank account
check
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～ be verified or confirmed; pass inspection; "These stories don't check!"
cashier's check
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～ a check issued by the officer of a bank on the banks own account (not that of a private person); "cashier's checks are as good as cash"
certified check
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～ a check containing certification that the person who issued the check has sufficient funds on deposit to cover payment
check
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～ additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory"
check
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～ a written order directing a bank to pay money; "he paid all his bills by check"
check
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～ obstructing an opponent in ice hockey
check character
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～ a character that is added to the end of a block of transmitted data and used to check the accuracy of the transmission
check
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～ the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper"
check
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～ the bill in a restaurant; "he asked the waiter for the check"
check
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～ 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"
check
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～ the act of inspecting or verifying; "they made a check of their equipment"; "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure"
check
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～ an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress"
check
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～ a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard); "she wore a skirt with checks"
check
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～ a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
check bit
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～ (computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error
check
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～ (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king
check
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～ something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
check
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～ 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"