check out

Verb
Synonyms: checkcheck up onlook intosuss outcheck overgo overcheck intorun downchequesound outfeel out

Open English WordNet

Verb (7)

  1. examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition“check the brakes”“Check out the engine”Synonyms: checkcheck up onlook intosuss outcheck overgo overcheck intoMore general analyze, analyseMore specific watch, observeSimilar check, check off
  2. announce one's departure from a hotelOpposite check inMore general report
  3. be verified or confirmed; pass inspection“These stories don't check!”Synonyms: checkMore general pass, make itSimilar match, fit
  4. trace“We are running down a few tips”Synonyms: run downMore general pursue, follow up on
  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”More general payInvolves buy, purchase
  6. withdraw money by writing a checkSynonyms: chequeMore general withdraw, draw
  7. try to learn someone's opinions and intentions“I have to sound out the new professor”Synonyms: sound outfeel out

Related words checkout noun, cheque noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

check′ out′ intransitive verb

1. To vacate a room at a hotel, notel, etc. Converse of check in.

2. To die. colloquial

check′ out transitive verb

1. To inspect or examine. colloquial

2. To make a record of having borrowed (something) for temporary use; as, to check out a book at the library; to check out equipment from a depository.

3. To bring (items to be purchased) to a checkout counter (as at a supermarket or other retail store) where the prices may be totaled and the bill may be paid.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors

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