What is the meaning of check?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Its main meaning is to examine something, usually to confirm its suspected status. "Check to see that the stove is turned off", means to examine the stove and to make sure or make certain that it is turned off. "Check the barrel for leaks" means to examine the barrel and to look for leaks.

A check mark is a mark placed against an item in a list confirming that it has been done.

"Check" is what Chess players say when one of their pieces threatens the opponent's king.

Check is sometimes used to indicate a pattern like on a checkerboard. "He was wearing a check suit." (US usage only)

In the United States only, an instruction to a bank to pay another person from a specific account is spelled "check". Elsewhere it is spelled cheque.

Also in the US only, a demand for payment at a restaurant is called a check.