check

To check is to look at a person or a thing. It might be necessary to determine a condition or a situation when checking.

• A nurse will check your blood pressure before you give blood.
• At a hospital, a doctor checks on his patients.
• A mother checks on her kids.
• A teacher checks the progress of his or her students.
• You can check the weather by going online.
• You can check the answers to a quiz or a test on this website.
• A mechanic checked on the condition of a car that I was going to buy.
• The plane was checked before it took off.
• Tony has been checking the performance of a stock that he’s planning to sell.
• Thaddeus checked in at a hotel soon after he arrived in New York. (To check in is to appear at a place to say that you have arrived.)

The word "check" can also be used as a noun:

• Rachel goes to the doctor once a year for a check up.
• Audio engineers did a sound check before the performance.
• The teacher put a large check at the top of the assignment to show that she had read it.
• We wrote out a check to pay for our furniture. (A check is used when withdrawing money from a checking account.)

A checkmark shows that something has been checked.

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November 3, 2015