checkpoint

[ chek-point ]

noun

1. a place along a road, border, etc., where travelers are stopped for inspection.
2. a point or item, especially in a procedure, for notation, inspection, or confirmation.

checkpoint

/ ˈtʃɛkˌpɔɪnt /

noun

1. a place, as at a frontier or in a motor rally, where vehicles or travellers are stopped for official identification, inspection, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of checkpoint¹

First recorded in 1935–40; check ¹ + point

Example Sentences

Thankfully, checkpoints are generous too, never respawning you too far from where you left off.

From Washington Post

In the Earth acknowledges a world where some kind of deadly virus exists and checkpoints have been set up to rapid-test people as they move around the country.

From Vox

While the TSA recommended that travelers wear masks as they moved through checkpoints, the agency did not mandate it.

From Washington Post

Brown said he was inspired by the many bridges used to cross the Rio Grande River in Texas, which created space between border checkpoints that have over time turned into gathering places.

From Voice of San Diego

Darby LaJoye, executive assistant administrator for TSA security operations, commended officers for catching the weapons at checkpoints.

From Washington Post

In northern Sinai in October the group killed 31 soldiers during a raid on an army checkpoint.

From The Daily Beast

After finishing breakfast, we pile back into the truck and head toward the checkpoint.

From The Daily Beast

Her arrest came at a checkpoint in Damascus in June 2013, when soldiers spotted an audio recorder in her bag.

From The Daily Beast

On May 20, a pickup truck drove to an Iraqi army checkpoint in the city of Tal Afar.

From The Daily Beast

Back at the Mariupol checkpoint, a Ukrainian National Guardsmen gave a man with an "old" passport a hard time.

From The Daily Beast

Apparently all or most of the guards got off at the checkpoint.

From Project Gutenberg

And a checkpoint implied that the ship was searched for escaped prisoners.

From Project Gutenberg

It isn't a bad life at the checkpoint, but I'd rather go back to Earth.

From Project Gutenberg

And he had to think about what was going to happen at the checkpoint, and what he would do about it.

From Project Gutenberg

Their lives were spent on the checkpoint, except for periods of service on the prison ship.

From Project Gutenberg