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check out en · VERB

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Meanings

1. (transitive) To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
   • He checked his favorite mystery out for the twenty-third time.
   • The desk clerk checked out the family that had been staying in room 322.
2. (intransitive) To record one's departure from a workplace, hotel, restaurant, etc.
   • "Relax," said the night man / "We are programmed to receive / You can check out any time you like / But you can never leave!" 1977, “Hotel California”, in Don Henley, Glenn Frey (lyrics), Don Felder (music), Hotel California, performed by The Eagles:
   • Be sure to check out of the hotel before noon.
   • I'm done shopping, so I'll go check out now.
   • At 9:30 am, 12 inmates were checked out to the dispensary. 2010, Peterson's, Master the Corrections Officer Exam, Peterson's, page 9
   • […] the singer person is checking out from the first floor suite next week, […] 1921, Sewell Ford, Inez & Trilby May, New York: Grosset & Dunlap; Harper & Brothers, page 41:
3. (transitive) To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate; to gather information so as to make a decision.
   • Check it out! Best prices in town.
   • If Mr. Brill had been interested in accuracy, he might have read the written statement I presented that night. I was speaking on my own behalf because I felt that the Darts management deserved my support. Mr. Brill might even have asked me about my testimony. Instead he chose to check out his half-facts with others. His resultant report was inaccurate and divisive. 1979 August 25, Steven Tierney, “Darts”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 6, page 5:
   • He was hanging out at the beach, checking out the young women in bikinis.
   • Check this out! They just arrested the Mayor!
   • He checked out the rumor, and managed to verify that it was true.
4. (transitive) To obtain source code (or other material) from a source control repository so that one can modify it (and often later check in the modified version).
5. (intransitive) To become uninterested in an activity and cease to participate in more than a perfunctory manner; to become uncooperative.
   • The purpose of this exercise was to ignite reactions from students, but over the few years I used it, it backfired, culminating in a situation where I lost a significant number of the white students, who just "checked out" for the rest of the semester. 2010, S. Greggory Johnson III, The Black Professoriat: Negotiating a Habitable Space in the Academy, page 189:
6. (intransitive) To become catatonic or otherwise nonresponsive.
   • Even during those years, there would be a lot of times she just checked out. She would be sitting there looking at her nails and she'd just be gone. 2007, Susan Nathiel, Daughters of Madness: Growing Up and Older With a Mentally Ill Mother, page 42:
7. (intransitive) To leave in a hurry.
8. (broadly, euphemistic, intransitive) To die.
   • With a bottle full of sleeping pills and a long list of sins She'd already planned on checking out before she checked in 2012, Gwen Sebastian, Met Him In a Motel Room:
   • Steve: (referring to his girlfriend attempting suicide in front of both of them) Look, I was just an observer. Bishop: You haven't answered my question. Steve: Well, what do you think? Bishop: We'll never know, will we? Steve: Well, say I just sat there—or we just sat there—and watched her check out. Think that would have been crazy? 1972, The Mechanic (1972 film), Charles Bronson (as Mr. Bishop), Jan-Michael Vincent (as Steve)
9. (intransitive) To prove (after an investigation) to be the case, or to be in order.
   • A comparison test was made with this weapon in laboratory. It definitely checks out as the murder gun. 1960, “The Case of the Ill-Fated Faker”, in Perry Mason, season 4, episode 3:
   • Their stories checked out.
   • MySQL checks the validity of the account name and password, and checks whether the connection is coming from a host that's allowed to connect [...]. If everything checks out, MySQL accepts the connection. 2013, Steve Suehring, Janet Valade, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript & HTML5 All-in-One For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 459:
   • The first two leads check out; I'll assume the third one is also valid.
10. To visit the oche for the last time and clear one's remaining points to win the game.

Forms

Antonyms

check in (antonym(s) of “most senses”)

Deriveds

checkout · check you out · self-check out

Synonyms

add up · make sense · figure · check · track

Translations (145)

hu meghal (to die) · tr gözden geçirmek (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · fi maksaa lasku (to pay when leaving) · ka გაწერა (to record someone as leaving) · he החזיר ציוד (to die) · ru сдо́хнуть (to die) · fi kirjata ulos (to record someone as leaving) · fi heittää hokkarit (to die) · it investigare (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · hu végére jár (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · es investigar (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · ja 調査する (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · la aspectō (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · nl afrekenen (to pay when leaving) · fr regarder (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · hu megnéz (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · de überprüfen (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · ru улизну́ть (to leave in a hurry) · id tewas (to die) · fi lainata (to withdraw (an item) from a library etc., and have the withdrawal recorded) · tr çıkışı denetlemek (to record someone as leaving) · hy վճարել (to pay when leaving) · ru распла́чиваться (to pay when leaving) · fr s'en aller (to leave in a hurry) · hu távozik (to die) · he שילם (to pay when leaving) · fr se casser (to leave in a hurry) · hu utánajár (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · es checar (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · pt retirar (to withdraw (an item) from a library etc., and have the withdrawal recorded) · fr claquer (to die) · vi tính tiền (to pay when leaving) · pl zbadać (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · hu kikölcsönöz (to withdraw (an item) from a library etc., and have the withdrawal recorded) · uk бра́ти (to withdraw (an item) from a library etc., and have the withdrawal recorded) · ka გაეწერება (to record someone as leaving) · sv kolla in (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · fi tsekkailla (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · ru смота́ться (to leave in a hurry) · hu kiléptet (to record someone as leaving) · fr examiner (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · ja 検査する (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · de in Eile verlassen (to leave in a hurry) · pt pagar a conta (to pay when leaving) · uk здох (to die) · uk переві́рити (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · de auschecken (to pay when leaving) · fi kuitata ulos (to withdraw (an item) from a library etc., and have the withdrawal recorded) · pt vazar (to leave in a hurry) · fi katsoa (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · pl wymeldować się (to pay when leaving) · he הסתלק (to leave in a hurry) · he סגר חשבון (to pay when leaving) · ka გასვლა (to pay when leaving) · fi maksaa (to pay when leaving) · hu elsiet (to leave in a hurry) · da udskrive (to withdraw (an item) from a library etc., and have the withdrawal recorded) · mi whakatewhatewha (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · es registrarse la salida (to pay when leaving) · ru смы́ться (to leave in a hurry) · hu kijelentkezik (to pay when leaving) · tr hesabı ödeyip ayrılmak (to pay when leaving) · vi trả phòng (to pay when leaving) · nl afmelden (to record someone as leaving) · nl uitchecken (to record someone as leaving) · id lapor keluar (to record someone as leaving) · de sich abmelden (to withdraw (an item) from a library etc., and have the withdrawal recorded) · id bayar keluar (to pay when leaving) · ru брать (to withdraw (an item) from a library etc., and have the withdrawal recorded) · ru дать ду́ба (to die) · es escanear los ítemes (to record someone as leaving) · es documentarse de (to pay when leaving) · fr régler sa note (d'hôtel) (to pay when leaving) · de austragen (to record someone as leaving) · uk перевіря́ти (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · pl obczajać (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · fi kuitata ulos (to obtain computer source code from a source code control system) · fr se barrer (to leave in a hurry) · sh provjeriti (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · tr aceleyle ayrılmak (to leave in a hurry) · id meninggal (to die) · pt sacar só (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · pl badać (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · fr mater (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · id menyimak (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · tr ödemeyi yapıp ayrılmak (to pay when leaving) · tr kaydı kapatıp ayrılmak (to withdraw (an item) from a library etc., and have the withdrawal recorded) · uk да́ти ду́ба (to die) · fr emprunter (to withdraw (an item) from a library etc., and have the withdrawal recorded) · hu letesztel (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · hu lecsekkol (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · ca investigar (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · es chequearse de (to pay when leaving) · ja 借りる (to withdraw (an item) from a library etc., and have the withdrawal recorded) · ru прове́рить (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · pt verificar (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · uk взя́ти (to withdraw (an item) from a library etc., and have the withdrawal recorded) · es facturarse de salida (to pay when leaving) · he בדק (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · uk розплати́тися (to pay when leaving) · pt fazer o checkout (to pay when leaving) · es sacar (to withdraw (an item) from a library etc., and have the withdrawal recorded) · es chequear (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · ru взять (to withdraw (an item) from a library etc., and have the withdrawal recorded) · da udskrive (to record someone as leaving) · hu ellenőriz (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · cmn 退房 (to pay when leaving) · fi kuitata (to withdraw (an item) from a library etc., and have the withdrawal recorded) · fi kirjautua ulos (to pay when leaving) · de ausbuchen (to record someone as leaving) · ru расплати́ться (to pay when leaving) · hu kicsekkol (to pay when leaving) · uk взяла́ (to withdraw (an item) from a library etc., and have the withdrawal recorded) · pl wymeldować się (to record someone as leaving) · tr vefat etmek (to die) · hu kivesz (to withdraw (an item) from a library etc., and have the withdrawal recorded) · ru проверя́ть (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · es retirarse (to pay when leaving) · ja 死ぬ (to die) · fi tsekata (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · it fare il check-out (to pay when leaving) · id memeriksa (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · fi häipyä (to leave in a hurry) · uk взяв (to withdraw (an item) from a library etc., and have the withdrawal recorded) · uk здо́хнути (to die) · gd feuch (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · ja 試験する (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · de bezahlend verlassen (to pay when leaving) · uk розпла́чуватися (to pay when leaving) · hu fizet és távozik (to pay when leaving) · hu elhuny (to die) · es registrar la salida (to record someone as leaving) · pl obczaić (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · de registrieren (to record someone as leaving) · nl onderzoeken (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · ja 借り出す (to withdraw (an item) from a library etc., and have the withdrawal recorded) · hu megvizsgál (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · es obtener (to obtain computer source code from a source code control system) · ja チェックアウトする (to pay when leaving) · es pagar la cuenta (to pay when leaving) · yi זיך אויסשרײַבן (to record someone as leaving) · fr crever (to die) · hu kijelentkeztet (to record someone as leaving) · pl sprawdzić (to examine, inspect, look at closely) · ja 調べる (to examine, inspect, look at closely)