checklist

[ chek-list ]

noun

1. Also check list. a list of items, as names or tasks, for comparison, verification, or other checking check purposes.

verb (used with object)

1. to enter (an item) on a checklist.

verb (used without object)

1. to enter items on a checklist.

Word History and Origins

Origin of checklist¹

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; check ¹ + list ¹

Example Sentences

In an example of how Covid-19 has changed governance, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed healthcare as the first item on her union budget checklist.

From Quartz

Now it’s an important member of the wallet-keys-phone checklist before leaving the house.

From Washington Post

The agreement said that every building had to meet a safety checklist before it could reopen and that every school needed to have a public walk-through with teachers and parents to ensure the building met those safety requirements.

From Washington Post

Final tips for buying and using the best home security systemsNow that you’re more familiar with what’s available and possible, here is a handy checklist to help you hone in even more precisely on the right tool for your particular job.

From Popular-Science

If you sell smartphones, you’ll want to convert specs into a checklist or bullet points for an easy read.

From Search Engine Watch

Meredith did some high-kicking with the Rockettes, and then breezed through a checklist of daytime staples: Fabulous prizes?

From The Daily Beast

Despite signing paperwork and a checklist of dos and don'ts, I was in way over my head.

From The Daily Beast

She had to go through a virtual checklist agreeing not to post material like that again.

From The Daily Beast

As if working down a checklist, he notches short chapters about every institution within the greater floating institution.

From The Daily Beast

Since 2011, the general assembly has blown through a checklist of conservative priorities like an ace shot at target practice.

From The Daily Beast

An annotated checklist and key to the reptiles of Mexico exclusive of the snakes.

From Project Gutenberg

But it seems to me that a more precise checklist, a clear understanding, would be wholesome and better.

From Project Gutenberg

Following is a checklist of the 68 species of bats thus far reported from Nicaragua.

From Project Gutenberg

Every year, following the publication of the Checklist, we receive a number of queries.

From Project Gutenberg

This Checklist, 1960, is the last of the cumulative Checklists.

From Project Gutenberg

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