checkpoint

CEFRC1

/ˈt͡ʃɛkˌpɔɪnt/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A place where people or vehicles are stopped and checked.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart.

Examples

  • The coalition force fired at her car at the checkpoint in Baghdad.

  • The police killed a man for getting past the checkpoint.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.

  2. A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection.

  3. A biological control mechanism ensuring correct progression through the cell cycle.

More examples

In context

  • There's a checkpoint at the border where they look in your trunk.

  • After the crash, we rolled back the database to the last checkpoint.

  • The travellers were stopped at the checkpoint.

Synonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

Drivers must stop at the border blank to show their identification documents.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From check + point.