checked

[chekt]

adjective

1. held in check; suppressed or restrained.

   If not checked, the fungus could destroy the entire year's supply of wheat.

   Her enthusiasm for the renovations was checked after she saw the estimated cost.

2. (of baggage) accepted for conveyance under the privilege of a passenger's ticket.

   The major U.S. carriers raised the checked bag fee earlier this year.

3. having a pattern of squares; checkered.

   He wore a blue and white checked shirt.

4. Phonetics.,  (of a vowel) situated in a closed syllable (free ).

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of check.

checked

/ tʃɛkt /

adjective

1. having a pattern of small squares

2. phonetics (of a syllable) ending in a consonant

Other Word Forms

• unchecked adjective
• well-checked adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of checked¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English; check ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; check ¹ + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

“We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’”

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Alcaraz and Sinner have abandoned the field in men’s tennis and checked into another resort.

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I asked if he thought I should go to the hospital to get checked out.

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“A server with 16 chips, smaller than a piece of checked baggage, needs the same power as five to 10 households.”

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The FAA began requiring each new jet rolling out of the 737 MAX factory in Renton, Wash., to be checked only by agency inspectors.

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