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check Verb

— If you check something, you look at it to see if there is a problem, or something new or different. Hi, I heard some noises, so I'm just checking to see if you were O.K. Can you check that the lights are off? Please check your test before handing it to the teacher. I just checked my e-mail and found 50 new messages. He checked the mirror to see if the police car was still behind him. — If you check something out, you look at it because it might be interesting. I found this great video online. Check it out. When you're in Toronto, you should check out the CN tower. — If you check an answer, or choice, you make a check mark (✓) beside it. If you want to get mail from us, check the box at the bottom of the page. — If you check out of a hotel, you pay your bill and leave. I called the hotel, but they said you had already checked out. — If you check in to a hotel, you go to the front desk to tell them you've arrived and you get your key. After we checked in, we went to our room and unpacked our bags. — If you check something, usually something bad, you stop it. He put out his hands but could not check his fall. Senegal, which acted early, was able to check the spread of the disease. — If you check your coat or bags, you give them to a worker to take care of. Reid was traveling alone without any checked luggage. You can check your luggage inside and show them your passport with your ticket.

check Noun

— A check is a piece of paper that gives someone else the right to receive some money from your bank account. (Other spelling: cheque) She wrote him a personal check for $250. Could you please pay in cash instead of checks? I found out about the problem when I tried to cash her bad checks. — A check is something you do to make sure that there is no problem. The town must conduct regular checks on drinking water quality. They did background checks on all the teachers before hiring them. We stood in line at the airport for the extra security checks. I want to get a quick check of the weather before going. — A reality check is an opportunity to think about reality and make sure your hopes and thoughts are reasonable. I think this injury is a real reality check for him. He can't keep working like this. — If you keep something in check, you stop it from getting bigger or worse. There aren't enough birds to keep the insects in check. I had difficulty keeping my anger in check. — A check is something that controls or stops something else. The company didn't have the right checks and balances, and that's why they lost all the money. — In a restaurant, the check is the bill. Waiter, can you bring us the check please? — A check is this mark: ✓ Put a check next to today's date and sign here. He finished it up and put a check mark in the box. — Check is a pattern of squares, especially on cloth. Michael was a big man in a red wool check shirt. — A coat check is a place where you can give your coat, bags, etc. to a worker to take care of. The lines were long at the coat check, so we put our jackets on the backs of our chairs. — In chess, check the position of the king where it can be directly attacked by the opponent's pieces but from which it may escape. You can't move that piece because your king is in check.

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out Preposition

— Something that is out is not in. Polly opened the door and went out. — If something using electricity is out, it is turned off or the electricity is not flowing.. Turn the light out before you leave. The power's out so nothing's working. I'm trying to find which light went out. Oh, no! The fire's gone out again. — Something that moves out moves from the inside to a place that is not inside. He took the pen out of his pocket. Please, close the door as you go out. If you walk out that door, you can't come back. The car stopped and out came two men. — far away We live out in the country. He's about half an hour out of Toronto. — If someone is out, they are not in the place where someone is looking for them. You can't see the doctor now. He is out. — to a number of people We'll give out the books after everyone has arrived. — away Don't throw that out. I'm still using it. — If something is out, you can look at or see it. the sun is out the flowers are out — If something comes out of something, it comes from it. — If something is out, it is available for sale. — If something is out, it is not in fashion. — If someone is out, they are not conscious. — If a you are out of something, you had it before but you've used or sold all of it. — If mathx/math is made out of mathy/math, mathy/math is the material that mathx/math is made of.

out Noun

— If someone is prevented from scoring in baseball, they make an out. There were two men on base and two outs. — A way to escape is an out.

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is Verb

— A form of the verb be when talking about someone or something else. He is late for class. Is it hot in here?

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by Preposition

— near or next to. The mailbox is by the bus stop. — at some time before (the given time). Be back by ten o'clock! — if something is done by somebody, it is done through their action The matter was decided by the chairman. The boat was swamped by the water. He was protected by his body armour. — if something is created by somebody, they are the creator, author, etc. There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare. — shows how someone does something I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking. — using the rules or logic of. I sorted the items by category. — with a change of. In this case, by shows how much something has changed. Our stock is up by ten percent. — shows how slowly, or how quickly, someone does something (used in the form "X by X" or "by Xs") We went through the book page by page. We crawled forward by inches. — If you multiply mathx/math by mathy/math, you multiply mathx/math × mathy/math. Five multiplied by seven is 35. — If you divide mathx/math by mathy/math, you find how many mathy/maths are in mathx/math. 35 divided by seven is five.

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eleven Determiner

— (ordinal eleventh) Eleven is the number that is after ten and before twelve. It can also be written as 11. Eleven trees stood on the hill.

eleven Noun

— The number 11. Eleven is a prime number. — A set of eleven things or persons. Ocean's eleven are a group of thieves. The girl looked young, no older than eleven.

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o'clock Expression

— When saying a time, this means that it is zero minutes past the hour. O'clock is almost always given after the number of hours. It is short for of the clock. "What time is it?" "It is 6 o'clock." The train leaves at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

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