CHECKING Synonyms: 146 Similar and Opposite Words

checking

verb

Definition of checking next

present participle of check

as in corresponding

to be in agreement on every point their story of what happened checks with the report of the eyewitness

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as in stopping

to bring (something) to a standstill a tree finally checked the skidding car

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as in keeping

to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression) check your enthusiasm a bit, and think before you marry someone you just met

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Recent Examples of checking What once took months of work to turn a concept vehicle sketch into a realistic animation now takes days, and checking aerodynamics no longer requires sculpting clay model after clay model. —

Summer Ballentine, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026 Fact checking by Sierra Juarez. —

Adrian Ma, NPR, 13 May 2026 There have also been infotainment system updates for Subaru vehicles, and checking for available updates may resolve the problem. —

Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026 The crew was required to inspect the ship's switchboard periodically, but instructions didn't provide practical guidance for checking thousands of wires, the NTSB said. —

Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 12 May 2026 Hendricks imparts the importance of theater skills — like collaborating, listening, interpreting, storytelling, checking your ego, taking criticism — even if his pupils go on to careers outside the arts. —

CBS News, 12 May 2026 If that second list sounds familiar, sleep specialists suggest a tracker holiday — a week or two without checking — to recalibrate. —

Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 12 May 2026 His standards don’t change with the teams, right down to checking up on players’ grades every week. —

Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026 Daily Maintenance Pam Clyde, President of BritLin Cleaning LLC in Round Rock, Texas, recommends getting in the habit of checking the oven after each use to evaluate its condition. —

Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 6 May 2026

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In a corresponding move, Abby Roque was moved to the third line, but still logged nearly 19 minutes of ice time.

— Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 13 May 2026
To run a program, the code had to first be punched into paper tape; a hole represented a 1, and no hole represented a 0, corresponding to the two units of binary code, which most computers work with.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 12 May 2026