check

Everyday

1. To check is to look at something to see if it is right, safe or ready. tree →
2. A check is a look to make sure. tree →
3. A check is a paper you sign that pays money from a bank (British «cheque»). tree →
4. In the USA, the check is the bill in a restaurant. tree →
5. A check is a mark like ✓ that shows something is right or done. tree →
6. Checks are a pattern of squares, like on a chessboard. tree →

In the lessons

maths: checking an answer (check a subtraction by adding); or a bank check worth an amount; the bill in a restaurant; school: check your work, check your spelling, check the box; science: check the result by doing the test again; everyday life and safety: check both ways before you cross, a health check at the doctor; phrases: «check out» (borrow books or pay at a shop), «check in» (arrive at a hotel or airport), «check on» (look after)

Examples

• Check your answer by adding. tree →
• She wrote a check for 45 dollars. tree →
• The check for dinner was 60 dollars. tree →
• He checks 12 books out of the library. tree →
• Always check left and right before crossing the road. tree →
• Put a check next to each word you can spell. tree →
• The nurse checked my height and weight. tree →
• We checked in at the hotel at 3 o'clock. tree →
• His shirt has red and white checks. tree →
• ‘Here it is,’ said the Witch, ‘and here is my blue-check apron.’ tree →

Note

No operation by itself. Trap: «checks out books» means borrows them. A check of 45 dollars is an amount of money, not a count. To check subtraction, add the answer to the smaller number. British spelling «cheque» is only the bank paper.

In Jewish tradition

maths: checking an answer (check a subtraction by adding); or a bank check worth an amount; the bill in a restaurant; school: check your work, check your spelling, check the box; science: check the result by doing the test again; everyday life and safety: check both ways before you cross, a health check at the doctor; phrases: «check out» (borrow books or pay at a shop), «check in» (arrive at a hotel or airport), «check on» (look after)

Examples

• Interested readers can check the 1562 Mantua edition for themselves through the digital archives of the National Library of Israel: nli.org.il/he/books/NNLALEPH990012793690205171/NLI. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• So David checked his men with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. (Prophets 1SA.24.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, had no comfort; and my pain was held in check. (Writings PSA.39.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• I gave my back to the smiters, and my checks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting. (Prophets ISA.50.6, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

No operation by itself. Trap: «checks out books» means borrows them. A check of 45 dollars is an amount of money, not a count. To check subtraction, add the answer to the smaller number. British spelling «cheque» is only the bank paper.