CHECK OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does check out mean? 

• CHECK OUT (verb)
  The verb CHECK OUT has 7 senses:

1. examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition

2. announce one's departure from a hotel

3. be verified or confirmed; pass inspection

4. trace

5. record, add up, and receive payment for items purchased

6. withdraw money by writing a check

7. try to learn someone's opinions and intentions

  Familiarity information: CHECK OUT used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHECK OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

check; check into; check out; check over; check up on; go over; look into; suss out

Context example:

Check out the engine

Hypernyms (to "check out" is one way to...):

analyse; analyze; canvass; examine; study (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning)

Verb group:

check; check off; mark; mark off; tick; tick off (put a check mark on or near or next to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "check out"):

follow; keep an eye on; observe; watch; watch over (follow with the eyes or the mind)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They won't check out the story

Derivation:

checkout (the act of inspecting or verifying)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Announce one's departure from a hotel

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "check out" is one way to...):

report (announce one's presence)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Antonym:

check in (announce one's arrival, e.g. at hotels or airports)

Derivation:

checkout (the latest time for vacating a hotel room)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be verified or confirmed; pass inspection

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

check; check out

Context example:

These stories don't check!

Verb group:

agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

They won't check out the story

Sense 4

Meaning:

Trace

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

check out; run down

Context example:

We are running down a few tips

Hypernyms (to "check out" is one way to...):

act on; follow up on; pursue (carry further or advance)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 5

Meaning:

Record, add up, and receive payment for items purchased

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

She was checking out the apples that the customer had put on the conveyer belt

"Check out" entails doing...:

buy; purchase (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

checkout (a counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Withdraw money by writing a check

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

check out; cheque

Hypernyms (to "check out" is one way to...):

draw; draw off; take out; withdraw (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 7

Meaning:

Try to learn someone's opinions and intentions

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

check out; feel out; sound out

Context example:

I have to sound out the new professor

Hypernyms (to "check out" is one way to...):

query; question (pose a question)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

This day, November 8, is not only a good day for a meeting but also for you to drop in to check out a program of the professional society or social club where you are a member.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)