Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [cheks]
- /tʃɛks/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [cheks]
- /tʃɛks/
Definitions of chex word
- noun chex Often, checks. the game of checkers. 1
- noun chex any of the playing pieces used in this game. 1
- verb with object chex to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly: He checked the horse at the edge of the cliff. 1
- verb with object chex to restrain; hold in restraint or control: They built a high wall to check the tides. 1
- verb with object chex to cause a reduction, as in rate or intensity; diminish: The new measures checked the rapidity with which the epidemic was spreading. 1
- verb with object chex to investigate or verify as to correctness: She checked the copy against the original. 1
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Origin of chex
First appearance:
before 1275 One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English chek, chekke (at chess) < Old French eschec (by aphesis), variant of eschac < Arabic shāh check (at chess) < Persian: literally, king (an exclamation: i.e., look out, your king is threatened); see shah
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Chex
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
chex popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
chex usage trend in Literature
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