Meanings
nounchecklist (plural checklists)
plural checklists
- A list of tasks to be completed, names to be consulted, conditions to be verified and similar.
verbchecklist (third-person singular simple present checklists, present participle checklisting, simple past and past participle checklisted)
present singular third person checklists · participle present checklisting · participle past checklisted · past checklisted
- transitiveTo add to a checklist.
It was like he was checklisting the steps of brushing your teeth. Everyone knows how to brush your teeth—you do it automatically—so what good would a checklist do?
2020, Danielle Ofri, When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error, page 10
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans kontrolelys
- kontrolelyslist of things to be verified
Arabic قائمة التحقق
- قائمة التحققlist of things to be verified
Catalan llista de control
- llista de controllist of things to be verified
Chinese Mandarin 检查清单, 检查表
- 检查清单list of things to be verified
- 检查表list of things to be verified
Danish tjekliste
- tjeklistelist of things to be verified
Dutch afvinklijst, controlelijst
- afvinklijstlist of things to be verified
- controlelijstlist of things to be verified
- checklistlist of things to be verified
Finnish muistilista, tarkastuslista
- muistilistalist of things to be verified
- tarkastuslistalist of things to be verified
French liste de contrôle
- liste de contrôlelist of things to be verified
German Checkliste, Kontrollliste
- Checklistelist of things to be verified
- Kontrolllistelist of things to be verified
- Prüflistelist of things to be verified
Greek λίστα
- λίστα (lísta)list of things to be verified
Icelandic gátlisti, gaumlisti
- gátlistilist of things to be verified
- gaumlistilist of things to be verified
Indonesian daftar centang
- daftar centanglist of things to be verified
Italian lista di controllo, elenco di controllo
- lista di controllolist of things to be verified
- elenco di controllolist of things to be verified
Japanese チェックリスト
- チェックリスト (chekkurisuto)list of things to be verified
Norwegian Bokmål sjekkliste
- sjekklistelist of things to be verified
Polish lista kontrolna
- lista kontrolnalist of things to be verified
Portuguese lista de verificação/controle
- lista de verificação/controlelist of things to be verified
Russian контро́льный спи́сок, контро́льный пе́речень
- контро́льный спи́сок (kontrólʹnyj spísok)list of things to be verified
- контро́льный пе́речень (kontrólʹnyj pérečenʹ)list of things to be verified
Spanish lista de comprobación
- lista de comprobaciónlist of things to be verified
Swedish checklista
- checklistalist of things to be verified
Turkish doğrulama listesi, kontrol listesi
- doğrulama listesilist of things to be verified
- kontrol listesilist of things to be verified
Ukrainian контро́льний спи́сок
- контро́льний спи́сок (kontrólʹnyj spýsok)list of things to be verified
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Cite this entry
APA
checklist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/checklist
MLA
“checklist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/checklist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “checklist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/checklist.
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