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checkpoint en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈt͡ʃɛkˌpɔɪnt/ (General-American)

Etymology

From check + point.

Meanings

1. A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection.
   • The travellers were stopped at the checkpoint.
   • Since this was rebel country, checkpoints were set up along the road.
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text A few days later I ford the Jordan River on a bus: Foot travel across Allenby Bridge checkpoint is strictly prohibited.
2. A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
   • After the crash, we rolled back the database to the last checkpoint.
3. A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart.
   • This is not a videogame, this is real life! People get hurt! There is no restart from last checkpoint. 2010 March 8, 20:40, in Chuck Versus the Beard (Chuck), season 3, episode 9, spoken by Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi):
   • You can't finish the race if you haven't passed all of the checkpoints on the track.
4. A biological control mechanism ensuring correct progression through the cell cycle.

Forms

Deriveds

internet checkpoint · immunocheckpoint · checkpoint protein

Synonyms

savepoint

Translations (126)

km ប៉ុស្តិ៍ត្រួតពិនិត្យ (point along a road or on a frontier) · eo kontrolpunkto (computing) · ru то́чка прове́рки (computing) · ja チェックポイント (video games) · pt ponto de controle (video games) · es puesto de control (point along a road or on a frontier) · is eftirlitsstöð (point along a road or on a frontier) · bn চেকপয়েন্ট (point along a road or on a frontier) · mi wāhitaki (computing) · he נקודת ביקורת (point along a road or on a frontier) · es punto de guardado (video games) · hu határátkelőhely (point along a road or on a frontier) · uz nazorat punkti (point along a road or on a frontier) · fa-ira ایسْتبازْرِسی (point along a road or on a frontier) · vi cửa khẩu (point along a road or on a frontier) · ru блокпо́ст (point along a road or on a frontier) · eo kontrolejo (point along a road or on a frontier) · de Kontrollstelle (point along a road or on a frontier) · sv kontrollpunkt (point along a road or on a frontier) · it posto di blocco (point along a road or on a frontier) · kk БӨП (point along a road or on a frontier) · th จุดตรวจ (point along a road or on a frontier) · vi chốt kiểm soát (point along a road or on a frontier) · az nəzarət-buraxılış məntəqəsi (point along a road or on a frontier) · fi tarkastuspiste (computing) · pt ponto de verificação (video games) · ja チェックポイント (point along a road or on a frontier) · es punto de control (video games) · fr point de sauvegarde (computing) · sv gränsövergång (point along a road or on a frontier) · ko 체크포인트 (video games) · sh kontrolna tačka (point along a road or on a frontier) · cs checkpoint (video games) · pt ponto de controle (point along a road or on a frontier) · pl punkt kontrolny (point along a road or on a frontier) · sl kontrolna točka (point along a road or on a frontier) · es alcabala (point along a road or on a frontier) · pt ponto de checagem (video games) · th จุดตรวจสอบ (point along a road or on a frontier) · nl grensovergang (point along a road or on a frontier) · tg гузаргох (point along a road or on a frontier) · sk priechod (point along a road or on a frontier) · hu határátkelő (point along a road or on a frontier) · kk бақылау-өткізу пункті (point along a road or on a frontier) · es punto de control (computing) · fr sauvegarde (video games) · fi tarkastuspiste (video games) · ca control (point along a road or on a frontier) · ja 検問所 (point along a road or on a frontier) · sq pikë kontrolli (point along a road or on a frontier) · mk ко́нтролна то́чка (point along a road or on a frontier) · uk блокпо́ст (point along a road or on a frontier) · vi chốt (point along a road or on a frontier) · pt posto de controle (point along a road or on a frontier) · es tranca (point along a road or on a frontier) · sv checkpoint (video games) · tl himpilang siyasatan (point along a road or on a frontier) · pt posto de controlo (point along a road or on a frontier) · yue 檢查站 /检查站 (point along a road or on a frontier) · nn kontrollpost (point along a road or on a frontier) · cmn 檢查站 /检查站 (point along a road or on a frontier) · hi सीमा नाका (point along a road or on a frontier) · bg контро́лно-пропуска́телен пункт (point along a road or on a frontier) · uk КПП (point along a road or on a frontier) · ru контро́льно-пропускно́й пункт (point along a road or on a frontier) · fr poste-frontière (point along a road or on a frontier) · ky контролдук-өткөрмө пункт (point along a road or on a frontier) · ajp محسوم (point along a road or on a frontier) · be блакпо́ст (point along a road or on a frontier) · sh kontrolna točka (point along a road or on a frontier) · de Grenzübergang (point along a road or on a frontier) · fr point de contrôle (point along a road or on a frontier) · oc punt de salvagarda (computing) · hu ellenőrzési pont (point along a road or on a frontier) · da kontrolsted (point along a road or on a frontier) · fa-ira ایسْتبازْرَسی (point along a road or on a frontier) · el σημείο ελέγχου (point along a road or on a frontier) · et kontrollpunkt (point along a road or on a frontier) · sh контролна тачка (point along a road or on a frontier) · oc ponch de salvagarda (computing) · he נְקֻדַּת בִּקֹּרֶת (point along a road or on a frontier) · sv checkpoint (point along a road or on a frontier) · hu ellenőrző pont (point along a road or on a frontier) · cs přechod (point along a road or on a frontier) · lt kontrolės punktas (point along a road or on a frontier) · ru пункт про́пуска (point along a road or on a frontier) · uk контро́льно-пропускни́й пункт (point along a road or on a frontier) · lv kontrolpunkts (point along a road or on a frontier) · be кантро́льна-прапускны́ пункт (point along a road or on a frontier) · ar حَاجِز (point along a road or on a frontier) · nb grenseovergang (point along a road or on a frontier) · ar نُقْطَة تَفْتِيش (point along a road or on a frontier) · es retén (point along a road or on a frontier) · oc ponch de contraròtle (point along a road or on a frontier) · ajp حاجز (point along a road or on a frontier) · nb kontrollpost (point along a road or on a frontier) · my စစ်ဆေးရေးဂိတ် (point along a road or on a frontier) · ru контро́льная то́чка (computing) · tr kontrol noktası (point along a road or on a frontier) · da grænseovergang (point along a road or on a frontier) · ka საკონტროლო პუნქტი (point along a road or on a frontier) · ro punct de control (point along a road or on a frontier) · cs kontrolní bod (video games) · mn хяналтын цэг (point along a road or on a frontier) · pl przejście (point along a road or on a frontier) · hy անցակետ (point along a road or on a frontier) · pt ponto de verificação (computing) · ru измери́тельная то́чка (computing) · pt ponto de controlo (point along a road or on a frontier) · sl prehod (point along a road or on a frontier) · ru КПП (point along a road or on a frontier) · nl doorlaatpost (point along a road or on a frontier) · ky көзөмөл өткөрмө жайы (point along a road or on a frontier) · fi tarkastuspiste (point along a road or on a frontier) · ko 검문소 (point along a road or on a frontier) · de Kontrollpunkt (point along a road or on a frontier) · da kontrolpost (point along a road or on a frontier) · th ด่านตรวจ (point along a road or on a frontier) · sh контролна точка (point along a road or on a frontier) · be КПП (point along a road or on a frontier) · oc punt de contraròtle (point along a road or on a frontier) · de Checkpoint (point along a road or on a frontier) · pt checkpoint (video games) · sv kontrollpunkt (video games) · pl punkt kontrolny (video games) · he מַחְסוֹם (point along a road or on a frontier)

checkpoint en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈt͡ʃɛkˌpɔɪnt/ (General-American)

Etymology

From check + point.

Meanings

1. To set a checkpoint.

Forms