background-check in English

Forms: background-checks [present, singular, third-person], background-checking [participle, present], background-checked [participle, past], background-checked [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb}} background-check (third-person singular simple present background-checks, present participle background-checking, simple past and past participle background-checked)

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "background-checks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "background-checking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "background-checked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "background-checked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To administer or execute a report on a person’s legal and criminal personal history."
      ],
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, transitive) To administer or execute a report on a person’s legal and criminal personal history."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "background-check"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "background-checks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "background-checking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "background-checked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "background-checked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "background-check (third-person singular simple present background-checks, present participle background-checking, simple past and past participle background-checked)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To administer or execute a report on a person’s legal and criminal personal history."
      ],
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          "administer"
        ],
        [
          "execute",
          "execute"
        ],
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        ],
        [
          "person",
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        ],
        [
          "legal",
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        ],
        [
          "criminal",
          "criminal"
        ],
        [
          "personal",
          "personal"
        ],
        [
          "history",
          "history"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, transitive) To administer or execute a report on a person’s legal and criminal personal history."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "background-check"
}

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"background-check" meaning in English

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