checkpoint

B2 Topic:Places & Geography

US /ˈt͡ʃɛkˌpɔɪnt/ See IPA manual

Freq #14278

Meanings

1

noun
A place, often on a road or border, where people are stopped and checked.

The soldiers stopped every car at the checkpoint.
2

noun
A point in a video game that you can return to if you fail or restart.

He died right before reaching the next checkpoint in the game.
3

noun
A stage at which the state of a computer system is saved so it can be restored later.

After the crash, they rolled the database back to the last checkpoint.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 noun · a point in a video game... savepoint

Word family

Forms checkpoints

Derived forms immunocheckpoint

Etymology

From check + point.

Topics

Places & Geography

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# checkpoint

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈt͡ʃɛkˌpɔɪnt/
**Frequency rank:** 14278

## Meanings
1. A place, often on a road or border, where people are stopped and checked.
2. A point in a video game that you can return to if you fail or restart.
3. A stage at which the state of a computer system is saved so it can be restored later.

## Examples
- The soldiers stopped every car at the checkpoint.
- He died right before reaching the next checkpoint in the game.
- After the crash, they rolled the database back to the last checkpoint.

## Derived Forms
- immunocheckpoint

## Etymology
From check + point.

## AI Etymology
checkpoint is a noun, verb, and name. It is from check + point. Current senses include a place, often on a road or border, where people are stopped and checked, a point in a video game that you can return to if you fail or restart, and a stage at which the state of a computer system is saved so it can be restored later. Derived forms include immunocheckpoint.

## Topics
- Places & Geography

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