| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A precise list of fees or charges: account, bill1, invoice, reckoning, statement. Informal : tab. See PAY. 2. The act of examining carefully: checkup, examination, inspection, perusal, scrutiny, study, view. Informal : going-over. See INVESTIGATE. 3. Something that limits or restricts: circumscription, constraint, cramp2, curb, inhibition, limit, limitation, restraint, restriction, stricture, trammel. See LIMITED. 4. The act of stopping: cessation, cut-off, discontinuance, discontinuation, halt1, stay1, stop, stoppage, surcease. See CONTINUE. | | VERB: | 1. To be compatible or in correspondence: accord, agree, chime, comport with, conform, consist, correspond, fit1, harmonize, match, square, tally. Informal : jibe1. Archaic : quadrate. See AGREE. 2. To look at carefully or critically. Also used with out: con, examine, go over, inspect, peruse, scrutinize, study, survey, traverse, view. Informal : case. Idioms: give a going-over. See INVESTIGATE. 3. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose: baffle, balk, checkmate, defeat, foil, frustrate, stymie, thwart. Informal : cross, stump. Idioms: cut the ground from under. See ALLOW. 4. To control, restrict, or arrest: bit2, brake, bridle, constrain, curb, hold, hold back, hold down, hold in, inhibit, keep, keep back, pull in, rein (back, in, or up), restrain. See RESTRAINT. 5. To come to a cessation: arrest, belay, cease, discontinue, halt1, leave off, quit, stall1, stop, surcease. Idioms: come to a halt (or standstill) (or stop) . See CONTINUE. 6. To prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation: arrest, belay, cease, discontinue, halt1, stall1, stay1, stop, surcease. Idioms: bring to a standstill, call a halt to, put a stop to. See CONTINUE. 7. To subject to a procedure that ascertains effectiveness, value, proper function, or other quality: assay, essay, examine, prove, test, try, try out. Idioms: bring to the test, make trial of, put to the proof (or test) . See INVESTIGATE. 8. To subject to a test of knowledge or skill: examine, quiz, test. See INVESTIGATE. | | PHRASAL VERB: | check in To come to a particular place: arrive, get in, pull in, reach, show up, turn up. Slang : blow in. Idioms: make (or put in) an appearance. See START. check out Slang. To cease living: decease, demise, depart, die, drop, expire, go, pass away, pass (on), perish, succumb. Informal : pop off. Slang : croak, kick in, kick off. Idioms: bite the dust, breathe one's last, cash in, give up the ghost, go to one's grave, kick the bucket, meet one's end (or Maker) , pass on to the Great Beyond, turn up one's toes. See LIVE.
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