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Webster 1913 Edition
Checker
Check′er
(chĕk′ẽr)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Checkered
(chĕk′ẽrd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Checkering
.] 1.
To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors.
2.
To variegate or diversify with different qualities, colors, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of prosperity and adversity.
Our minds are, as it were,
checkered
with truth and falsehood. Addison.
1.
A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.
2.
A pattern in checks; a single check.
3.
Checkerwork.
☞ This word is also written
chequer
. Webster 1828 Edition
Checker
CHECKER
, v.t.1.
To variegate with cross lines; to form into little squares, like a chess board, by lines or stripes of different colors. Hence,2.
To diversify; to variegate with different qualities, scenes, or events.Our minds are, as it were, checkered with truth and falsehood.
CHECKER
,Noun.
1.
One who checks or restrains; a rebuker.2.
A chess-board.Definition 2024
checker
checker
English
Alternative forms
Noun
checker (plural checkers)
- One who checks something.
- The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment.
- There was a long line at the grocery store because the checker was so slow.
Translations
One who checks something
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The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment
Etymology 2
Noun
checker (plural checkers)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
A playing piece in the game of checkers
Verb
A flag with a checker pattern
checker (third-person singular simple present checkers, present participle checkering, simple past and past participle checkered)
- (transitive) To mark in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
- (intransitive) To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
Etymology 3
Alteration of chequer.
Noun
checker (plural checkers)
- The fruit of the wild service tree or chequer tree, Photinia villosa, syn. Sorbus terminalis
Usage notes
- Almost always spelled chequer, because the tree itself is native to areas where that spelling is used, and is pretty much unknown in areas that use the other spelling.
Derived terms
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Verb
checker
Conjugation
Conjugation of checker (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | checker | avoir checké | |||||
| gerund | en checkant | en ayant checké | |||||
| present participle | checkant /ʃɛ.kɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | checké /ʃɛ.ke/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | checke /ʃɛk/ |
checkes /ʃɛk/ |
checke /ʃɛk/ |
checkons /ʃɛ.kɔ̃/ |
checkez /ʃɛ.ke/ |
checkent /ʃɛk/ |
| imperfect | checkais /ʃɛ.kɛ/ |
checkais /ʃɛ.kɛ/ |
checkait /ʃɛ.kɛ/ |
checkions /ʃɛ.kjɔ̃/ |
checkiez /ʃɛ.kje/ |
checkaient /ʃɛ.kɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | checkai /ʃɛ.ke/ |
checkas /ʃɛ.ka/ |
checka /ʃɛ.ka/ |
checkâmes /ʃɛ.kam/ |
checkâtes /ʃɛ.kat/ |
checkèrent /ʃɛ.kɛʁ/ |
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| future | checkerai /ʃɛ.kʁe/ |
checkeras /ʃɛ.kʁa/ |
checkera /ʃɛ.kʁa/ |
checkerons /ʃɛ.kʁɔ̃/ |
checkerez /ʃɛ.kʁe/ |
checkeront /ʃɛ.kʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | checkerais /ʃɛ.kʁɛ/ |
checkerais /ʃɛ.kʁɛ/ |
checkerait /ʃɛ.kʁɛ/ |
checkerions /ʃɛ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
checkeriez /ʃɛ.kə.ʁje/ |
checkeraient /ʃɛ.kʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | checke /ʃɛk/ |
checkes /ʃɛk/ |
checke /ʃɛk/ |
checkions /ʃɛ.kjɔ̃/ |
checkiez /ʃɛ.kje/ |
checkent /ʃɛk/ |
| imperfect1 |
checkasse /ʃɛ.kas/ |
checkasses /ʃɛ.kas/ |
checkât /ʃɛ.ka/ |
checkassions /ʃɛ.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
checkassiez /ʃɛ.ka.sje/ |
checkassent /ʃɛ.kas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | checke /ʃɛk/ |
— | checkons /ʃɛ.kɔ̃/ |
checkez /ʃɛ.ke/ |
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