checked

American  

[chekt] / tʃɛkt /

adjective

1. held in check; suppressed or restrained.

   If not checked, the fungus could destroy the entire year's supply of wheat.

   Her enthusiasm for the renovations was checked after she saw the estimated cost.

2. (of baggage) accepted for conveyance under the privilege of a passenger's ticket.

   The major U.S. carriers raised the checked bag fee earlier this year.

3. having a pattern of squares; checkered.

   He wore a blue and white checked shirt.

4. Phonetics. (of a vowel) situated in a closed syllable (free ).

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of check.

checked British  

/ tʃɛkt /

adjective

1. having a pattern of small squares

2. phonetics (of a syllable) ending in a consonant

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Other Word Forms

• unchecked adjective
• well-checked adjective

Etymology

Origin of checked

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English; check ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; check ¹ + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

When he checked a couple of days ago, the same trip on the same plane cost 3,000 Canadian dollars, or about $2,156.

From The Wall Street Journal

First, we checked our banking and credit-card accounts and logged every single purchase we made in February in a spreadsheet.

From MarketWatch

"Once checked over, the casualty was fitted with a confidence rope and then made an impressive 'hands free' descent of Tryfan," the post added.

From BBC

She also checked the land registry which showed the flat was owned by his father.

From BBC

“She was amazing. I don’t know how she knew what she knew. Maybe she overheard us earlier? She checked on me and introduced me to this guy named Levi. He’s a documentary filmmaker.”

From Literature

Related Words

• barred
• blocked
• closed
• confined
• controlled
• defined
• deprived
• prescribed
• reduced
• restrained
• secured
• shortened
• tethered