Check (n.) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger |
Check (n.) A condition of interrupted or impeded progress |
Check (n.) Whatever arrests progress, or limits action |
Check (n.) A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified |
Check (n.) A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below. |
Check (n.) A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard |
Check (n.) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. |
Check (n.) Small chick or crack. |
Check (v. t.) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check |
Check (v. t.) To put a sudden restraint upon |
Check (v. t.) To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check |
Check (v. t.) To chide, rebuke, or reprove. |
Check (v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended. |
Check (v. t.) To make checks or chinks in |
Check (v. i.) To make a stop |
Check (v. i.) To clash or interfere. |
Check (v. i.) To act as a curb or restraint. |
Check (v. i.) To crack or gape open, as wood in drying |
Check (v. i.) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds. |
Check (a.) Checkered |
Study (v. i.) A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject |
Study (v. i.) Mental occupation |
Study (v. i.) Any particular branch of learning that is studied |
Study (v. i.) A building or apartment devoted to study or to literary work. |
Study (v. i.) A representation or rendering of any object or scene intended, not for exhibition as an original work of art, but for the information, instruction, or assistance of the maker |
Study (v. i.) A piece for special practice. See Etude. |
Study (n.) To fix the mind closely upon a subject |
Study (n.) To apply the mind to books or learning. |
Study (n.) To endeavor diligently |
Study (v. t.) To apply the mind to |
Study (v. t.) To consider attentively |
Study (v. t.) To form or arrange by previous thought |
Study (v. t.) To make an object of study |
check-in | the act of reporting your presence (as at an airport or a hotel) |
check checkout check-out procedure | the act of inspecting or verifying, they made a check of their equipment, the pilot ran through the check-out procedure |
spot check | a check on work performance or product quality made at random times without warning, spot checks ensure a high level of performance by employees |
checkup medical checkup medical examination medical exam medical health check | a thorough physical examination, includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person |
check | (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king |
discovered check | a check on the opponent's king that is delivered by moving a piece out of the line of attack by a queen or rook or bishop |
double-blind procedure double-blind experiment double-blind study | an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment, a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects |
check | obstructing an opponent in ice hockey |
poke check | knocking the puck away by jabbing at it with the hockey stick |
survey study | a detailed critical inspection |
time and motion study time-and-motion study time-motion study motion study time study work study | an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort |
case study | a detailed analysis of a person or group from a social or psychological or medical point of view |
course course of study course of instruction class | education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings, he took a course in basket weaving, flirting is not unknown in college classes |
directed study | a course of study that is supervised and controlled by a specialist in the subject, he registered for directed study, he got credit for directed study, he did directed study |
work-study program | an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study |
home study | a course of study carried out at home rather than in a classroom |
attendance check | a call of students' names in a classroom |
bridle check curb | the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess, his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper |
check | a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard), she wore a skirt with checks |
houndstooth check hound's-tooth check dogstooth check dogs-tooth check dog's-tooth check | textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks |
sketch study | preliminary drawing for later elaboration, he made several studies before starting to paint |
study | a room used for reading and writing and studying, he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study |
study hall | a classroom reserved for study |
check chip | a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something |
hindrance hinderance deterrent impediment balk baulk check handicap | something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress |
brown study | a state of deep absorption or thoughtfulness |
study | a state of deep mental absorption, she is in a deep study |
assay check | an appraisal of the state of affairs, they made an assay of the contents, a check on its dependability under stress |
countercheck double check | something that checks the correctness of a previous check |
study work | applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading), mastering a second language requires a lot of work, no schools offer graduate study in interior design |
cogitation study | attentive consideration and meditation, after much cogitation he rejected the offer |
nature study | the study of animals and plants in the natural world (usually at an elementary level) |
confirmation verification check substantiation | additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct, fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory |
bed check | a check that everyone is in bed by the time they should be |
parity check redundancy check odd-even check | a system of checking for errors in computer functioning |
discipline subject subject area subject field field field of study study bailiwick | a branch of knowledge, in what discipline is his doctorate?, teachers should be well trained in their subject, anthropology is the study of human beings |
literary study | the humanistic study of literature |
cyclic redundancy check | an error correction code that is recorded in each sector of a magnetic disk and used to catch errors in the data |
check register | a register of checks issued (usually in numeric order) |
stub check stub counterfoil | the part of a check that is retained as a record |
check chit tab | the bill in a restaurant, he asked the waiter for the check |
rain check | a ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain |
course of study program programme curriculum syllabus | an integrated course of academic studies, he was admitted to a new program at the university |
check mark check tick | 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 |
check character | a character that is added to the end of a block of transmitted data and used to check the accuracy of the transmission |
study | a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique, a study in spiccato bowing |
report study written report | a written document describing the findings of some individual or group, this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale |
case study | a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure |
rain check | a promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future |
reality check | an occasion on which one is reminded of the nature of things in the real world, this program is intended as a reality check for CEOs, after all those elaborate productions, I felt in need of a reality check |