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# checklist

«checklist» in Mova's school dictionary: **a list of things to do or to bring, where you mark each…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (checklist, checklists)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A checklist is a list of things to do or to bring, where you mark each one when it is done. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/checklist/#m1)

2) It helps you not to forget anything. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/checklist/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

maths: a list of tasks counted: done and still to do (left = total − done), fractions of tasks finished; school: a packing list for a trip, a writing checklist (capital letters, full stops); science: a safety checklist before an experiment; everyday life: a morning checklist, a shopping checklist; pilots and doctors use checklists to stay safe

### examples

- The checklist has 12 tasks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/checklist/#x1)
- She finished 7 tasks on her checklist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/checklist/#x2)
- How many tasks are left on the checklist? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/checklist/#x3)
- Each checklist has 5 items. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/checklist/#x4)
- My morning checklist says: wash, dress, eat, brush teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/checklist/#x5)
- Tick each box on the camping checklist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/checklist/#x6)
- The pilot reads the checklist before take-off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/checklist/#x7)
- Use the checklist to check your story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/checklist/#x8)

### note

What is left = total tasks − done. Trap: none special. One word, no space. «Ticked» items are done; unticked ones are left.

### In the corpora

- [A checklist or a plan helps you remember what to bring and do.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/101-responsibility-independence-curiosity/6/)
- [Scammers use the same tricks in games, on the phone and by email, so the same checklist works everywhere.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/416-free-v-bucks-and-other-scams/31/)
- [A checklist and a travel bag help children stop leaving things at the other home.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/42/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «checklist» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/checklist/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.