checked

Marked with a check mark.

Adjective

  1. Marked with a check mark.

    Synonyms: ticked

  2. Having a pattern of checks; checkered.
    • a checked tie
    • At that moment a long, scraggy individual in a checked suit poked his head into the bar, looked around portentously, whistled mysteriously to my informant, and jerked his thumb and head in the direction of the door. -...
    • Later that day, all X's friends put on their red and white checked overalls and went over to see X. - 1978, Lois Gould, X: A Fabulous Child's Story, New York: Daughters Publishing Co., →ISBN:
  3. Of syllables, having a coda.
  4. Of consonants, glottalized.
  5. Verified or validated in some way.
    • a computer program using checked arithmetic
  6. Delivered to the airline (or train line, ferry, etc.), usually during check-in, to be stored in an inaccessible area to the passenger (the hold) during the flight (or other journey).

    Antonyms: carry-on

  7. Of a letter square in a crossword grid, part of both an across word and a down word.

Hyponyms

type-checked

Derived

checked build checked exception checked syllable checked tone unchecked

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of check
    • He checked his watch for the third time.