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checked

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɛkt/

adj

  1. Marked with a check mark.
  2. Having a pattern of checks; checkered.

    a checked tie

    At that moment a long, scraggy individual in a checked suit poked his head into the bar, looked around portentously, whistled mysteriously to my informant, and jerked his thumb and head in the direction of the door.

  3. Of syllables, having a coda.
  4. Of consonants, glottalized.
  5. Verified or validated in some way.

    a computer program using checked arithmetic

  6. Delivered to the airline (or train line, ferry, etc.), usually during check-in, to be stored in an inaccessible area to the passenger (the hold) during the flight (or other journey).
  7. Of a letter square in a crossword grid, part of both an across word and a down word.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of check

    He checked his watch for the third time.