noun
Meaning 1
A routine visit to the doctor, dentist, or the like.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The appointment was just for a checkup.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
checkup
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈt͡ʃɛkʌp/
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noun
Meaning 2
A routine inspection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I took my car in for an annual checkup.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: medical checkup, medical examination, medical exam, medical, health check
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: examination, scrutiny
History
Etymology
Deverbal from check up.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: пре́глед (prégled) — physical checkup
- Catalan: revisió mèdica — physical checkup
- Finnish: tarkastus — physical checkup
- French: check-up — physical checkup
- French: bilan de santé — physical checkup
- German: Kontrolle — physical checkup
- German: ärztliche Untersuchung — physical checkup
- German: Check-up — physical checkup
- Greek: τσεκάπ (tsekáp) — physical checkup
- Hungarian: kontrollvizsgálat — physical checkup
- Hungarian: kivizsgálás — physical checkup
- Irish: scrúdú sláinte — physical checkup
- Malayalam: പരിശോധന (pariśōdhana) — physical checkup
- Polish: wizyta kontrolna — physical checkup
- Polish: kontrola — physical checkup
- Polish: kontrolne badanie lekarskie — physical checkup
- Portuguese: check-up — physical checkup
- Portuguese: checkup — physical checkup
- Portuguese: checape — physical checkup
- Russian: осмо́тр (osmótr) — physical checkup
- Russian: медосмо́тр (medosmótr) — physical checkup
- Spanish: chequeo — physical checkup
- Spanish: control — physical checkup
- Turkish: sağlık yoklaması — physical checkup
- Vietnamese: khám bệnh — physical checkup
- Welsh: archwiliad — physical checkup
- Bulgarian: прове́рка (provérka) — routine inspection
- Finnish: tarkistus — routine inspection
- Finnish: tarkastus — routine inspection
- Finnish: katsastus — routine inspection
- German: Kontrolle — routine inspection
- German: Durchsicht — routine inspection
- German: Kontrolluntersuchung — routine inspection
- German: Überprüfung — routine inspection
- Greek: έλεγχος ρουτίνας (élenchos routínas) — routine inspection
- Hungarian: ellenőrzés — routine inspection
- Hungarian: felülvizsgálat — routine inspection
- Malayalam: പരിശോധന (pariśōdhana) — routine inspection
- Polish: przegląd — routine inspection
- Russian: прове́рка (provérka) — routine inspection
- Russian: осмо́тр (osmótr) — routine inspection
- Turkish: araştırma — routine inspection
- Turkish: çekap — routine inspection
- Turkish: inceleme — routine inspection