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CHECK OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
Example:
Check out the engine
Synonyms:
check; check into; check out; check over; check up on; go over; look into; suss out
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "check out" is one way to...):
analyse; analyze; canvass; examine; study (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning)
Verb group:
check; check off; mark; mark off; tick; tick off (put a check mark on or near or next to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "check out"):
follow; keep an eye on; observe; watch; watch over (follow with the eyes or the mind)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They won't check out the story
Derivation:
checkout (the act of inspecting or verifying)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Try to learn someone's opinions and intentions
Example:
I have to sound out the new professor
Synonyms:
check out; feel out; sound out
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "check out" is one way to...):
query; question (pose a question)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
Meaning:
Announce one's departure from a hotel
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "check out" is one way to...):
report (announce one's presence)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Antonym:
check in (announce one's arrival, e.g. at hotels or airports)
Derivation:
checkout (the latest time for vacating a hotel room)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Withdraw money by writing a check
Synonyms:
check out; cheque
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "check out" is one way to...):
draw; draw off; take out; withdraw (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
Meaning:
Record, add up, and receive payment for items purchased
Example:
She was checking out the apples that the customer had put on the conveyer belt
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
"Check out" entails doing...:
buy; purchase (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
checkout (a counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Trace
Example:
We are running down a few tips
Synonyms:
check out; run down
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "check out" is one way to...):
act on; follow up on; pursue (carry further or advance)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 7
Meaning:
Be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
Example:
These stories don't check!
Synonyms:
check; check out
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Verb group:
agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
They won't check out the story
