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

This is supposed to be a thousand other things that you put on the rock-star checklist and you find yourself saying, I don’t want to be here.

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Indeed, Atlas often has the affect and body language of a bored manager, going through a familiar checklist in cookie-cutter fashion.

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What I did not know at that time was that as he ran through his preflight checklist two days before the scheduled launch date, he was evaluating the data that the IBM computer had generated.

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To reduce that uncertainty, Van Dam's team developed a 30-item checklist covering possible effects of meditation.

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The playwright was condemned as a moral degenerate; no one will be so outraged by Ms. DaCosta, though she might be accused of turning a psychologically rich stage work into a socio-political checklist.

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