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

The teenager is about five months pregnant and Mr Salakaia said the embassy had not checked on her health.

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"I'm very sorry about that, it's so frustrating," said the King, who has encouraged men to get checked, after he had been diagnosed and had a procedure for an enlarged prostate last year.

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She said: "He should've been checked on every 10 working days. But that didn't happen, and that's where he was failed."

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She checked daily on the ICE locator, but could not find his name.

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Some of the traps can be in difficult to access areas and previously had only been checked every week by entomologists working on the ground.

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