"checkmark" meaning in All languages combined

See checkmark on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: checkmarks [plural]
Etymology: From check + mark. Etymology templates: {{af|en|check|mark}} check + mark Head templates: {{en-noun}} checkmark (plural checkmarks)
  1. Alternative form of check mark Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: check mark
    Sense id: en-checkmark-en-noun-8Ba4Vp2F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14

Verb [English]

Forms: checkmarks [present, singular, third-person], checkmarking [participle, present], checkmarked [participle, past], checkmarked [past]
Etymology: From check + mark. Etymology templates: {{af|en|check|mark}} check + mark Head templates: {{en-verb}} checkmark (third-person singular simple present checkmarks, present participle checkmarking, simple past and past participle checkmarked)
  1. (transitive) To mark with a ✓ symbol; to tick. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-checkmark-en-verb-PAn90Aio

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "2019 February 14, Erik Halvorson, “Past wrongs should be met with grace and forgiveness”, in The Hillside Collegian, Hillsdale College, page A5:",
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        {
          "ref": "2020 May 29, Jeanna Smialek, “Forget Swooshes and V’s. The Economy’s Future Is a Question Mark.”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "While economists generally say that a W remains entirely possible, they aren’t willing to make it their most-likely forecast because it hinges on two total unknowns: whether there is another spike in infections, and whether states will shut down again if that happens. Analysts who venture a guess increasingly favor a nonletter shape as their base-case: the checkmark.",
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        "(transitive) To mark with a ✓ symbol; to tick."
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