[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/check/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) / check # check verb (check, checks, checked, checking); noun (a check, checks; British «cheque» for money, «tick» for the mark) «check» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. To check is to look at something to see if it is right, safe or ready. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/check/#m1) 2. A check is a look to make sure. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/check/#m2) 3. A check is a paper you sign that pays money from a bank (British «cheque»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/check/#m3) 4. In the USA, the check is the bill in a restaurant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/check/#m4) 5. A check is a mark like ✓ that shows something is right or done. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/check/#m5) 6. Checks are a pattern of squares, like on a chessboard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/check/#m6) ### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/check/#x1) - She wrote a check for 45 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/check/#x2) - The check for dinner was 60 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/check/#x3) - He checks 12 books out of the library. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/check/#x4) - Always check left and right before crossing the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/check/#x5) - Put a check next to each word you can spell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/check/#x6) - The nurse checked my height and weight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/check/#x7) - We checked in at the hotel at 3 o'clock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/check/#x8) - His shirt has red and white checks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/check/#x9) - ‘Here it is,’ said the Witch, ‘and here is my blue-check apron.’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/check/#x10) ### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/check/#x1) - So David checked his men with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. (Prophets 1SA.24.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/check/#x2) - 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/check/#x3) - 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/check/#x4) ### 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. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «check» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/check/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«check» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/check.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «check» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/check/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«check» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/check.html) on Mova free.