Meanings
checkpoint1
nouncheckpoint (plural checkpoints)
plural checkpoints
- A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection.
The travellers were stopped at the checkpoint.
2 more examples
Since this was rebel country, checkpoints were set up along the road.
2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text A few days later I ford the Jordan River on a bus: Foot travel across Allenby Bridge checkpoint is strictly prohibited.
- computingA situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
After the crash, we rolled back the database to the last checkpoint.
- video gamesA predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart.
You can't finish the race if you haven't passed all of the checkpoints on the track.
1 more example
This is not a videogame, this is real life! People get hurt! There is no restart from last checkpoint.
2010 March 8, 20:40, in Chuck Versus the Beard (Chuck), season 3, episode 9, spoken by Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi)Synonyms: savepoint
- biologyA biological control mechanism ensuring correct progression through the cell cycle.
verbcheckpoint (third-person singular simple present checkpoints, present participle checkpointing, simple past and past participle checkpointed)
present singular third person checkpoints · participle present checkpointing · participle past checkpointed · past checkpointed
- To set a checkpoint.
Checkpoint2
proper noun
- A sub-sitio in the sitio of Hilltop, barangay of Ambuclao, Bokod, Benguet, Philippines.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart.
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Arabic حَاجِز, نُقْطَة تَفْتِيش
- حَاجِز (ḥājiz)point along a road or on a frontier
- نُقْطَة تَفْتِيش (nuqṭat taftīš)point along a road or on a frontier
Bengali চেকপয়েন্ট
- চেকপয়েন্ট (cekpoẏenṭo)point along a road or on a frontier
Bulgarian контро́лно-пропуска́телен пункт
- контро́лно-пропуска́телен пункт (kontrólno-propuskátelen punkt)point along a road or on a frontier
Catalan control
- controlpoint along a road or on a frontier
Chinese Cantonese 檢查站 /检查站
- 檢查站 /检查站 (gim² caa⁴ zaam⁶)point along a road or on a frontier
Chinese Mandarin 檢查站 /检查站
- 檢查站 /检查站 (jiǎncházhàn)point along a road or on a frontier
Czech přechod, kontrolní bod
- přechodpoint along a road or on a frontier
- kontrolní bodvideo games
- checkpointvideo games
Danish kontrolpost, kontrolsted
- kontrolpostpoint along a road or on a frontier
- kontrolstedpoint along a road or on a frontier
- grænseovergangpoint along a road or on a frontier
Dutch doorlaatpost, grensovergang
- doorlaatpostpoint along a road or on a frontier
- grensovergangpoint along a road or on a frontier
Esperanto kontrolejo, kontrolpunkto
- kontrolejopoint along a road or on a frontier
- kontrolpunktocomputing
Estonian kontrollpunkt
- kontrollpunktpoint along a road or on a frontier
Finnish tarkastuspiste, tarkastuspiste
- tarkastuspistepoint along a road or on a frontier
- tarkastuspistecomputing
- tarkastuspistevideo games
French point de contrôle, poste-frontière
- point de contrôlepoint along a road or on a frontier
- poste-frontièrepoint along a road or on a frontier
- point de sauvegardecomputing
- sauvegardevideo games
German Kontrollstelle, Kontrollpunkt
- Kontrollstellepoint along a road or on a frontier
- Kontrollpunktpoint along a road or on a frontier
- Grenzübergangpoint along a road or on a frontier
- Checkpointpoint along a road or on a frontier
Greek σημείο ελέγχου
- σημείο ελέγχου (simeío elénchou)point along a road or on a frontier
Hebrew נקודת ביקורת, נְקֻדַּת בִּקֹּרֶת
- נקודת ביקורתpoint along a road or on a frontier
- נְקֻדַּת בִּקֹּרֶת (n'kudát bikóret)point along a road or on a frontier
- מַחְסוֹם (makhsóm)point along a road or on a frontier
Hindi सीमा नाका
- सीमा नाका (sīmā nākā)point along a road or on a frontier
Hungarian ellenőrző pont, ellenőrzési pont
- ellenőrző pontpoint along a road or on a frontier
- ellenőrzési pontpoint along a road or on a frontier
- határátkelőhelypoint along a road or on a frontier
- határátkelőpoint along a road or on a frontier
Icelandic eftirlitsstöð
- eftirlitsstöðpoint along a road or on a frontier
Italian posto di blocco
- posto di bloccopoint along a road or on a frontier
Japanese チェックポイント, 検問所
- チェックポイント (chekkupointo)point along a road or on a frontier
- 検問所 (kenmonjo)point along a road or on a frontier
- チェックポイント (chekkupointo)video games
Korean 검문소, 체크포인트
- 검문소 (geommunso)point along a road or on a frontier
- 체크포인트 (chekeupointeu)video games
Latvian kontrolpunkts
- kontrolpunktspoint along a road or on a frontier
Lithuanian kontrolės punktas
- kontrolės punktaspoint along a road or on a frontier
Māori wāhitaki
- wāhitakicomputing
Norwegian Bokmål kontrollpost, grenseovergang
- kontrollpostpoint along a road or on a frontier
- grenseovergangpoint along a road or on a frontier
Polish punkt kontrolny, przejście
- punkt kontrolnypoint along a road or on a frontier
- przejściepoint along a road or on a frontier
- punkt kontrolnyvideo games
Portuguese ponto de controle, ponto de controlo
- ponto de controlepoint along a road or on a frontier
- ponto de controlopoint along a road or on a frontier
- posto de controlepoint along a road or on a frontier
- posto de controlopoint along a road or on a frontier
- ponto de verificaçãocomputing
- ponto de controlevideo games
- ponto de verificaçãovideo games
- ponto de checagemvideo games
- checkpointvideo games
Romanian punct de control
- punct de controlpoint along a road or on a frontier
Russian КПП, контро́льно-пропускно́й пункт
- КПП (KPP)point along a road or on a frontier
- контро́льно-пропускно́й пункт (kontrólʹno-propusknój punkt)point along a road or on a frontier
- пункт про́пуска (punkt própuska)point along a road or on a frontier
- блокпо́ст (blokpóst)point along a road or on a frontier
- измери́тельная то́чка (izmerítelʹnaja tóčka)computing
- то́чка прове́рки (tóčka provérki)computing
- контро́льная то́чка (kontrólʹnaja tóčka)computing
Slovak priechod
- priechodpoint along a road or on a frontier
Spanish puesto de control, alcabala
- puesto de controlpoint along a road or on a frontier
- alcabalapoint along a road or on a frontier
- reténpoint along a road or on a frontier
- trancapoint along a road or on a frontier
- punto de controlcomputing
- punto de controlvideo games
- punto de guardadovideo games
Swedish checkpoint, kontrollpunkt
- checkpointpoint along a road or on a frontier
- kontrollpunktpoint along a road or on a frontier
- gränsövergångpoint along a road or on a frontier
- checkpointvideo games
- kontrollpunktvideo games
Tagalog himpilang siyasatan
- himpilang siyasatanpoint along a road or on a frontier
Thai ด่านตรวจ, จุดตรวจสอบ
- ด่านตรวจ (dàan-dtrùuat)point along a road or on a frontier
- จุดตรวจสอบpoint along a road or on a frontier
- จุดตรวจ (jùt-dtrùuat)point along a road or on a frontier
Turkish kontrol noktası
- kontrol noktasıpoint along a road or on a frontier
Ukrainian КПП, контро́льно-пропускни́й пункт
- КПП (KPP)point along a road or on a frontier
- контро́льно-пропускни́й пункт (kontrólʹno-propusknýj punkt)point along a road or on a frontier
- блокпо́ст (blokpóst)point along a road or on a frontier
Vietnamese chốt kiểm soát, chốt
- chốt kiểm soátpoint along a road or on a frontier
- chốtpoint along a road or on a frontier
- cửa khẩupoint along a road or on a frontier
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “checkpoint,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/checkpoint.
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