Dictionary entry details
• CHECK OUT (verb)
Meaning:
Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
check; check into; check out; check over; check up on; suss out; go over; look into
Context examples:
check the brakes / Check out the engine
Hypernyms (to "check out" is one way to...):
analyse; analyze; canvas; canvass; examine; study (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "check out"):
follow; keep an eye on; observe; watch; watch over (follow with the eyes or the mind)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They won't check out the story
Meaning:
Announce one's departure from a hotel
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "check out" is one way to...):
report (announce one's presence)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Antonym:
check in (announce one's arrival, e.g. at hotels or airports)
Meaning:
Be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
check out; check
Context example:
These stories don't check!
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
They won't check out the story
Meaning:
Trace
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
run down; check out
Context example:
We are running down a few tips
Hypernyms (to "check out" is one way to...):
act on; follow up on; pursue (carry further or advance)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Record, add up, and receive payment for items purchased
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
She was checking out the apples that the customer had put on the conveyer belt
"Check out" entails doing...:
buy; purchase (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Withdraw money by writing a check
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
cheque; check out
Hypernyms (to "check out" is one way to...):
draw; draw off; take out; withdraw (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Try to learn someone's opinions and intentions
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
feel out; sound out; check out
Context example:
I have to sound out the new professor
Hypernyms (to "check out" is one way to...):
query; question (pose a question)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
