check out

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verb

1. examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition (Freq. 6)
- check the brakes
- Check out the engine
• Syn:
check, check up on, look into, suss out, check over,
go over, check into
• Derivationally related forms:
checkout, check (for: check), checker (for: check)
• Hypernyms:
analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
• Hyponyms:
watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on
• Verb Group:
check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They won't check out the story
2. announce one's departure from a hotel (Freq. 1)
• Ant:
check in
• Derivationally related forms:
checkout
• Hypernyms:
report
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
3. be verified or confirmed;
pass inspection
- These stories don't check!
• Syn:
check
• Derivationally related forms:
check (for: check)
• Verb Group:
match, fit, correspond, check, jibe,
gibe, tally, agree
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- They won't check out the story
4. trace
- We are running down a few tips
• Syn:
run down
• Hypernyms:
pursue, follow up on, act on
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
5. record, add up, and receive payment for items purchased
- She was checking out the apples that the customer had put on the conveyer belt
• Derivationally related forms:
checkout
• Entailment:
buy, purchase
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
6. withdraw money by writing a check
• Syn:
cheque
• Derivationally related forms:
cheque (for: cheque)
• Hypernyms:
withdraw, draw, take out, draw off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
7. try to learn someone's opinions and intentions
- I have to sound out the new professor
• Syn:
sound out, feel out
• Hypernyms:
question, query
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody