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Meanings of checks in English
Pattern of intersecting vertical and horizontal lines.
Synonyms
Examples for "check"
Examples for "check"
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However the appeal process was a necessary check on power, he said.
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If travelling today, remember to check the current weather & road conditions.
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It said work is under way to check generators and power lines.
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Power Age communities have grown far beyond the check of individual experience.
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U.S. jobs data kept the U.S. stock market move in check, however.
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I checked here about a year ago and, of course, no luck.
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Fisheries Minister Mark Furner said authorities regularly checked the shark control equipment.
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If you want a list of all files currently checked out, use:
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Quantock checked his list, the unending task of every good first lieutenant.
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When we checked in, we said good night and went to sleep.
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However, if the past is checkered, rest assured history will repeat itself.
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Off in the checkered shadows of the forest a crow cawed derisively.
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In a brand-new suit of checkered tweed and a low-cut satin vest
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Upon leaving the vessel, passengers received traditional checkered Cambodian scarves as souvenirs.
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The lower portion of the body is silvery white, checkered with black.
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But manufacturer Whirlpool's model checker website has been blighted by technical difficulties.
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The checker called James Brown's manager and ran some facts by him.
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As a checker he was at least the master of other men.
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This can be done on a checker board, as shown in Fig.
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Also, we get a spell-checker for web forms and an anti-phishing feature.
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The floor was a friendly chequer of red and black tiles.
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How strange a chequer-work of Providence is the life of man!
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You would set out the green and white chequer board, the rows of pawns.
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Thus terminated this affair, one of those little accidents which chequer missionary life in Spain.
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It was this tendency to moral chequer-work which accounted for his varied bearings towards Dare.
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There was a great checkering of light and darkness and the slumbrous sound of water.
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We will learn the history of these thickly crossing wrinkles, that, checkering, map out the face like the streets of a busy city.
3
A large fire, burning brightly before the deserted guard-house, cast its ruddy glow over the animated scene, checkering the rude walls with every passing shadow.
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He bought it in 1648, for one hundred and sixty pounds, of Henry Checkering, to whom Mr. Bishop had sold it seven years before.
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Someone had long ago ripped out the checkerwork, disconnected the blast pipes, and hacked out a crude door about a foot above ground level.
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The walls are nearly all glass in iron frames, and the panes of white glass alternate in checkerwork with those having blue tracery upon them.
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DAKS' check pattern was not forgotten on dresses, appearing in pleated dresses and folds.
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The old-fashioned furniture shrank piteously from sight under covers of a red-and-white check pattern.
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He was barefoot, wearing only rough-spun woolen trousers with a red and black check pattern.
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These are woven very neatly, many of them are striped, and some made even with check pattern.
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Here Sergius Petrovich drew from his pocket a blue handkerchief, of a check pattern, and began to unfold it.
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The checker pattern is in color.
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He notes the checkered pattern of the fabric entwined with the twisted mess.
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The ground beneath her feet was cemented into rock hardness and cracked in a checkered pattern.
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There were men wearing ghotras like Ironfist, but also bedecked in robes with checkered patterns and loud colors.
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The tiles in the Merciless Mart are always black and white, and here they are in a checkered pattern.
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The checkered pattern of that suspender recurred incessantly to his mind.
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He notes the checkered pattern of the fabric entwined with the twisted mess.
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The ground beneath her feet was cemented into rock hardness and cracked in a checkered pattern.
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The tiles in the Merciless Mart are always black and white, and here they are in a checkered pattern.
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Bannon put his hands into his pockets, and studied the checkered pattern in the ground shadow of the nearest arc lamp.
Usage of checks in English
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But EU rules require border checks with countries outside the common market.
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But EU rules require border checks with countries outside its single market.
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Students will, however, continue to require Home Office security and identity checks.
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Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said refugees would undergo several security checks.
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It is time to change it through reality checks, not reality shows.
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Consumers would receive checks each month to help cover higher energy costs.
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He said police would visit the passengers later today for welfare checks.
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These people must pass certain background checks for possible past criminal convictions.
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Often we were sent to perform VD checks and issue health certificates.
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Health checks, diets and medical problems are treated by specialized veterinary staff.
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We ask the panellists if our health checks need to be updated.
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They work with community groups to promote and deliver fire safety checks.
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New technology is helping engineers to carry out safety checks on aircraft.
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Some time ago I went for one of those recommended health checks.
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Professor Clements said the police needed the resources to do proper checks.
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Still, businesses say applicants must meet legal requirements and pass security checks.
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Australia
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