DICTOMETER

ETTERFORSKE (Norwegian for "check")

(check, examine, investigate, indagar, investigar)

1. Synonyms:
   • Check
   • Bank check
   • Cheque
   Definitions:
   • a written order directing a bank to pay money
   Examples:
   • He paid all his bills by check
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Assay
   • Check
   Definitions:
   • an appraisal of the state of affairs
   Examples:
   • They made an assay of the contents
   • A check on its dependability under stress
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Check
   • Chit
   • Tab
   Definitions:
   • the bill in a restaurant
   Examples:
   • He asked the waiter for the check
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Arrest
   • Check
   • Halt
   • Hitch
   • Stay
   • Stop
   • Stoppage
   Definitions:
   • the state of inactivity following an interruption
   Examples:
   • The negotiations were in arrest
   • Held them in check
   • During the halt he got some lunch
   • The momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow
   • He spent the entire stop in his seat
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Confirmation
   • Verification
   • Check
   • Substantiation
   Definitions:
   • additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
   Examples:
   • Fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Check
   • Checkout
   • Check-out procedure
   Definitions:
   • the act of inspecting or verifying
   Examples:
   • They made a check of their equipment
   • The pilot ran through the check-out procedure
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Check mark
   • Check
   • Tick
   Definitions:
   • a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
   Examples:
   • As he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Hindrance
   • Hinderance
   • Deterrent
   • Impediment
   • Balk
   • Baulk
   • Check
   • Handicap
   Definitions:
   • something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Check
   • Chip
   Definitions:
   • a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Check
    Definitions:
    • a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard)
    Examples:
    • She wore a skirt with checks
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Bridle
    • Check
    • Curb
    Definitions:
    • the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
    Examples:
    • His common sense is a bridle to his quick temper
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Check
    Definitions:
    • obstructing an opponent in ice hockey
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Check
    Definitions:
    • (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Check
   • Check up on
   • Look into
   • Check out
   • Suss out
   • Check over
   • Go over
   • Check into
   Definitions:
   • examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
   Examples:
   • Check the brakes
   • Check out the engine
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Check
   Definitions:
   • make an examination or investigation
   Examples:
   • Check into the rumor
   • Check the time of the class
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • See
   • Check
   • Insure
   • See to it
   • Ensure
   • Control
   • Ascertain
   • Assure
   Definitions:
   • be careful or certain to do something
   • make certain of something
   Examples:
   • He verified that the valves were closed
   • See that the curtains are closed
   • Control the quality of the product
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Control
   • Hold in
   • Hold
   • Contain
   • Check
   • Curb
   • Moderate
   Definitions:
   • lessen the intensity of
   • temper
   • hold in restraint
   • hold or keep within limits
   Examples:
   • Moderate your alcohol intake
   • Hold your tongue
   • Hold your temper
   • Control your anger
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Check
   Definitions:
   • stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution
   Examples:
   • She checked for an instant and missed a step
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Check
   • Check off
   • Mark
   • Mark off
   • Tick off
   • Tick
   Definitions:
   • put a check mark on or near or next to
   Examples:
   • Please check each name on the list
   • Tick off the items
   • Mark off the units
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Check
   • Retard
   • Delay
   Definitions:
   • slow the growth or development of
   Examples:
   • The brain damage will retard the child's language development
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Check
   • Check out
   Definitions:
   • be verified or confirmed
   • pass inspection
   Examples:
   • These stories don't check!
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Match
   • Fit
   • Correspond
   • Check
   • Jibe
   • Gibe
   • Tally
   • Agree
   Definitions:
   • be compatible, similar or consistent
   • coincide in their characteristics
   Examples:
   • 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
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Check
    Definitions:
    • block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Discipline
    • Train
    • Check
    • Condition
    Definitions:
    • develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice
    • especially to teach self-control
    Examples:
    • Parents must discipline their children
    • Is this dog trained?
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Check
    Definitions:
    • consign for shipment on a vehicle
    Examples:
    • Check your luggage before boarding
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Check
    Definitions:
    • hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping
    Examples:
    • Check your coat at the door
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Check
    Definitions:
    • abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey
    
    
15. Synonyms:
    • Check
    Definitions:
    • stop in a chase especially when scent is lost
    Examples:
    • The dog checked
    
    
16. Synonyms:
    • Check
    • Checker
    • Chequer
    Definitions:
    • mark into squares or draw squares on
    • draw crossed lines on
    
    
17. Synonyms:
    • Check
    Definitions:
    • decline to initiate betting
    
    
18. Synonyms:
    • Check
    • Turn back
    • Arrest
    • Stop
    • Contain
    • Hold back
    Definitions:
    • hold back, as of a danger or an enemy
    • check the expansion or influence of
    Examples:
    • Arrest the downward trend
    • Check the growth of communism in South East Asia
    • Contain the rebel movement
    • Turn back the tide of communism
    
    
19. Synonyms:
    • Check
    Definitions:
    • place into check
    Examples:
    • He checked my kings
    
    
20. Synonyms:
    • Check
    Definitions:
    • write out a check on a bank account
    
    
21. Synonyms:
    • Determine
    • Check
    • Find out
    • See
    • Ascertain
    • Watch
    • Learn
    Definitions:
    • find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
    Examples:
    • 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
    
    
22. Synonyms:
    • Check
    Definitions:
    • verify by consulting a source or authority
    Examples:
    • Check the spelling of this word
    • Check your facts
    
    
23. Synonyms:
    • Check
    Definitions:
    • arrest the motion (of something) abruptly
    Examples:
    • He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve
    
    
24. Synonyms:
    • Check
    • Chink
    Definitions:
    • make cracks or chinks in
    Examples:
    • The heat checked the paint
    
    
25. Synonyms:
    • Crack
    • Check
    • Break
    Definitions:
    • become fractured
    • break or crack on the surface only
    Examples:
    • The glass cracked when it was heated