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

Once each hatchling finished the crawl, researchers checked blood glucose levels to estimate energy use.

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The landlords said they thought the faulty ventilation system served the whole block, but after finding out this was not the case a specialist company was contacted to have the system checked and repaired.

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His family and lawyers checked with local hospitals and the Mexican consulate without success.

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The families reported the men missing to the local authorities that same day after they determined that the men never checked into their Airbnb in Rosarito Beach.

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If you invested in the Aristocrats index at inception just over 20 years ago, and checked three years ago, you would have made 402%, and beaten the S&P 500 by 80 points.

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