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CHECKERED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marked by changeable fortune

Example:

a checkered business career

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

changeable; changeful (such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Patterned with alternating squares of color

Synonyms:

checked; checkered; chequered

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

patterned (having patterns (especially colorful patterns))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb checker

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