Check in

verb, slang

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To announce or record one's own arrival at a hotel, airport etc.

    "We got to the hotel last night and checked in at the front desk."

  2. 2
    announce one's arrival, e.g. at hotels or airports wordnet
  3. 3
    To verify a person's information and record their arrival, such as at a hotel, airport, etc.

    "The clerk checked us in at the front desk."

  4. 4
    To contact another person in order to keep the other person informed of one's situation.

    "Kelly has to check in with her parole officer today."

  5. 5
    To return (a book to a library, source code to a repository, etc.). transitive
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  1. 6
    To visit in order to see how someone is doing.

    "I just wanted to check in after your accident. How are you recovering?"

  2. 7
    To enter solitary confinement at one's own request for protection from other prisoners. intransitive, slang
  3. 8
    To send somebody to solitary confinement; to make somebody be admitted to solitary confinement. slang, transitive
  4. 9
    To integrate new revisions into the public or master version of a file in a version control system.
  5. 10
    to tap on, to touch in, to tap in (to use a smartcard to start a public transport journey) Netherlands, intransitive

    "So how exactly does checking in work? When boarding the bus, tram, metro or train, hold the OV-chipkaart (or your debit card, smartphone, or wearable if using OVPay) in front of the screen of a post or gate. It will indicate with a green light and a beep that the anonymous OV-chipkaart has been read."

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