"welfare check" meaning in All languages combined

See welfare check on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: welfare checks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} welfare check (plural welfare checks)
  1. A visit made by law enforcement to a person's residence in response to a request that they check in on a person and their well-being. Synonyms: wellness check
    Sense id: en-welfare_check-en-noun-Y4o56iG3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "welfare check (plural welfare checks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A visit made by law enforcement to a person's residence in response to a request that they check in on a person and their well-being."
      ],
      "id": "en-welfare_check-en-noun-Y4o56iG3",
      "links": [
        [
          "visit",
          "visit"
        ],
        [
          "law enforcement",
          "law enforcement"
        ],
        [
          "residence",
          "residence"
        ],
        [
          "check in",
          "check in"
        ],
        [
          "well-being",
          "well-being"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wellness check"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "welfare check"
}

{
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    {
      "form": "welfare checks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "welfare check (plural welfare checks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A visit made by law enforcement to a person's residence in response to a request that they check in on a person and their well-being."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "visit",
          "visit"
        ],
        [
          "law enforcement",
          "law enforcement"
        ],
        [
          "residence",
          "residence"
        ],
        [
          "check in",
          "check in"
        ],
        [
          "well-being",
          "well-being"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wellness check"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "welfare check"
}

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