Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to check off sth
Participle: checked off sth
Gerund: checking off sth
Indicative
Present
| I | check off sth |
| you | check off sth |
| he;she;it | checks off sth |
| we | check off sth |
| you | check off sth |
| they | check off sth |
Perfect
| I | have checked off sth |
| you | have checked off sth |
| he;she;it | has checked off sth |
| we | have checked off sth |
| you | have checked off sth |
| they | have checked off sth |
Past
| I | checked off sth |
| you | checked off sth |
| he;she;it | checked off sth |
| we | checked off sth |
| you | checked off sth |
| they | checked off sth |
Pluperfect
| I | had checked off sth |
| you | had checked off sth |
| he;she;it | had checked off sth |
| we | had checked off sth |
| you | had checked off sth |
| they | had checked off sth |
Future
| I | will check off sth |
| you | will check off sth |
| he;she;it | will check off sth |
| we | will check off sth |
| you | will check off sth |
| they | will check off sth |
Future Perfect
| I | will have checked off sth |
| you | will have checked off sth |
| he;she;it | will have checked off sth |
| we | will have checked off sth |
| you | will have checked off sth |
| they | will have checked off sth |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | check off sth |
| you | check off sth |
| he;she;it | check off sth |
| we | check off sth |
| you | check off sth |
| they | check off sth |
Perfect
| I | have checked off sth |
| you | have checked off sth |
| he;she;it | have checked off sth |
| we | have checked off sth |
| you | have checked off sth |
| they | have checked off sth |
Imperfect
| I | checked off sth |
| you | checked off sth |
| he;she;it | checked off sth |
| we | checked off sth |
| you | checked off sth |
| they | checked off sth |
Pluperfect
| I | had checked off sth |
| you | had checked off sth |
| he;she;it | had checked off sth |
| we | had checked off sth |
| you | had checked off sth |
| they | had checked off sth |
Conditional
Present
| I | would check off sth |
| you | would check off sth |
| he;she;it | would check off sth |
| we | would check off sth |
| you | would check off sth |
| they | would check off sth |
Perfect
| I | would have checked off sth |
| you | would have checked off sth |
| he;she;it | would have checked off sth |
| we | would have checked off sth |
| you | would have checked off sth |
| they | would have checked off sth |
Imperative
| you | check off sth |
| we | Let's check off sth |
| you | check off sth |
Verbs conjugated like 'check'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'check'
chack,
cheek,
chick,
chock,
chuck,
cleck,
beck,
bleck,
cack,
chace,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to keep under control
- behedge, bind, chasten, contain, cork, curb, curtail, dampen, hamshackle, limit, repress, restrain, restrict, shackle, stay, stifle, stop, straiten, suppress, throttle, withhold, withstrain
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
~ in,
~ into something,
~ off something,
~ something off,
~ out,
~ out something,
~ out somebody,
~ something out,
~ somebody out,
~ out (something),
~ (something) out,
~ over something,
~ over somebody,
~ something over,
~ somebody over,
~ up,
~ up on somebody,
Etymology
From Middle English chekken, partly from Old French eschequier and partly from the noun (see above).
Verbs referencing "check"
Spanish
chequear, Dutch
checken, German, old spelling
checken, Danish
tjekke, Haitian Creole
tcheke, Alemannic German
checke, Indonesian
cek, Norwegian
sjekke, Thai
เช็ก, Cebuano tsek, Ukrainian
чекнути, Swedish
checka.
Sample Sentences
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[...] where the boy, tired of the grave conversation, had retired, and where he was riding triumphantly up and down on Mr. Shelby's walking-stick. She would have spoken to tell her husband her fears, but checked herself.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] won’t like me, they won’t. This is piling of it up, a little too mountainous, this is. ’ At the end of every one of these short sentences he turned upon his heel, and walked the other way; checking himself abruptly when he had finished another short sentence, and turning back again.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ Now for it ! ” said he, suddenly checking his horses, and springing from his seat to the ground. “ Out with you, in a twinkling, every one, and up into these rocks with me. Michael, thee tie thy horse to the wagon, and drive ahead to [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] living fact, to be accounted for, and to be accounted for in no other way than by its truth. O, mother ! mother ! ” said St. Clare, clasping his hands, in a sort of transport; and then suddenly checking himself, he came back, and seating himself on an ottoman, he went on:
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] was interrupted by bursts of groans, sobs, and lamentations, which broke from all present, and in which her slender voice was lost entirely. She waited a moment, and then, speaking in a tone that checked the sobs of all, she said,
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The child checked herself, looked piteously at them, and said, sorrowfully,
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] eyes rolled up and fixed. Ah, what said those eyes, that spoke so much of heaven ! Earth was past,—and earthly pain; but so solemn, so mysterious, was the triumphant brightness of that face, that it checked even the sobs of sorrow. They pressed around her, in breathless stillness.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Something in that dying scene had checked the natural fierceness of youthful passion. The presence of the man was simply loathsome to George; and he felt only an impulse to get away from him, with as few words as possible.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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So I checked your phone. And there he was. Cordell. I spoke in your voice, told him the baby was his.
(A Neglected Wife)