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How to sign: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
"The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun";
Similiar / Same: match, correspond, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
Within this category: adhere, align, answer, befit, coincide, consist, correlate, corroborate, harmonize, homologize, look, meet, parallel, pattern, resemble, rhyme, square, twin
How to sign: examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
"check the brakes"; "Check out the engine";
Similiar / Same: check up on, check out, suss out, check over, check into, look into, go over
Categories: analyse, analyze, canvas, canvass, examine, study
Within this category: watch
How to sign: a written order directing a bank to pay money
"he paid all his bills by check";
Similiar / Same: bank check, cheque
Categories: bill of exchange, draft, order of payment
Within this category: bad check, blank check, cashier's check, certified check, counter check, giro, kite, kite, medicare check, paycheck, personal check
How to sign: a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
"as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name";
Similiar / Same: check mark, tick
Categories: mark
How to sign: become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
"The glass cracked when it was heated";
Categories: change
Within this category: crack
How to sign: train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
"Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?";
Similiar / Same: discipline, condition, train
Categories: develop, make grow
Within this category: mortify
How to sign: additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
"fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory";
Similiar / Same: confirmation, verification, substantiation
Categories: cogent evidence, proof
Within this category: bed check, checksum, crosscheck, parity check
How to sign: the act of inspecting or verifying
"they made a check of their equipment"; "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure";
Similiar / Same: checkout, check-out procedure
Categories: inspection, review
Within this category: spot check
How to sign: block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey
Categories: block, blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy
How to sign: (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king
Categories: chess move
Within this category: discovered check
How to sign: find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
"I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time";
Similiar / Same: find out, ascertain, learn, determine, see
Within this category: test
