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check [n1] inspection, examination analysis, audit, checkup, control, inquiry, investigation, poll, rein, research, review, scrutiny, test; concept 103 check [n2] restraint, hindrance blow, constraint, control, curb, damper, disappointment, frustration, grunt, harness, holdup, impediment, inhibition, limitation, obstruction, rebuff, rejection, restrainer, reversal, reverse, setback, stoppage, trouble; concepts 121,130,230 —Ant. aid, allowance, assistance, help, indulgence, liberation, permission check [n3] symbol for ticking off cross, dot, line, mark, score, sign, stroke, tick, X*; concept 284 check [n4] pattern of squares checkerboard, patchwork, plaid, quilt, tartan; concept 436 check [v1] inspect, examine analyze, ascertain, audit, balance account, candle, case, compare, confirm, correct, count, enquire about, eyeball*, find out, frisk, go through, investigate, keep account, look at, look over, look see*, make sure, monitor, note, overlook, probe, prove, quiz, review, scout out, scrutinize, study, take stock, tell, test, try, verify; concepts 24,103 check [v2] hinder, restrain arrest, baffle, bar, bit, bottleneck*, bridle, checkmate, choke, circumvent, constrain, control, counteract, curb, cut short, delay, discourage, foil, frustrate, halt, harness, hold, hold back, hold down, hold in, impede, inhibit, interrupt, keep back, limit, moderate, neutralize, nip in the bud*, obstruct, obviate, pause, play for time, preclude, prevent, rebuff, reduce, rein in, repress, repulse, retard, slacken pace, slow down, snub, squelch, stay, stop, suppress, tame, terminate, thwart, withhold; concepts 121,130 —Ant. aid, allow, assist, expedite, help, indulge, liberate, permit