All check up synonyms
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- penetrate β to pierce or pass into or through: The bullet penetrated the wall. The fog lights penetrated the mist.
- investigate β to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- survey β to take a general or comprehensive view of or appraise, as a situation, area of study, etc.
- affirm β If you affirm that something is true or that something exists, you state firmly and publicly that it is true or exists.
- debunk β If you debunk a widely held belief, you show that it is false. If you debunk something that is widely admired, you show that it is not as good as people think it is.
- corroborate β To corroborate something that has been said or reported means to provide evidence or information that supports it.
- demonstrate β If you demonstrate a particular skill, quality, or feeling, you show by your actions that you have it.
- overlook β to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- scan β to glance at or over or read hastily: to scan a page.
- oversee β to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage: He was hired to oversee the construction crews.
- assess β When you assess a person, thing, or situation, you consider them in order to make a judgment about them.
- observe β to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- supervise β to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
- find out β to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
- double-check β a simultaneous check by two pieces in which the moving of one piece to give check also results in discovering a check by another piece.
- authenticate β If you authenticate something, you state officially that it is genuine after examining it.
- confirm β If something confirms what you believe, suspect, or fear, it shows that it is definitely true.
- substantiate β to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
- verify β to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
- validate β to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- justify β to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- search β to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- consider β If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
- probe β to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience.
- question β a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- interrogate β to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.
- review β a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
- poke β to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
- reconnoiter β to inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes.
- case β A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
- delve β If you delve into something, you try to discover new information about it.
- pry β to inquire impertinently or unnecessarily into something: to pry into the personal affairs of others.
- bug β A bug is an insect or similar small creature.
- muckrake β to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- wiretap β an act or instance of tapping telephone or telegraph wires for evidence or other information.
- sound β The, a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand, connecting the Kattegat and the Baltic. 87 miles (140 km) long; 3β30 miles (5β48 km) wide.
- pierce β to penetrate into or run through (something), as a sharp, pointed dagger, object, or instrument does.
- quiz β an informal test or examination of a student or class.
- ask β If you ask someone something, you say something to them in the form of a question because you want to know the answer.
- catechize β to teach or examine by means of questions and answers
- test β Zoology. the hard, protective shell or covering of certain invertebrates, as echinoderms or tunicates.
- query β a question; an inquiry.
- prod β to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed: I prodded him with my elbow.
- check β Check is also a noun.
- compare β When you compare things, you consider them and discover the differences or similarities between them.
- figure β a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- deliberate β If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance.
- peruse β to read through with thoroughness or care: to peruse a report.
- scope β extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope.
- brainstorm β If you have a brainstorm, you suddenly become unable to think clearly.