Check
Check verb - To be in agreement on every point.
Ward
Ward verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
How words are described
| good | good check | good ward |
| full | full check | full ward |
| legal | legal check | legal ward |
| single | single check | single ward |
| Other adjectives: small, powerful, entire, real, capable, traditional, medical. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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It turns out the hospital has literally lost David due to a computer failure that means they can't check which ward he's on.
Source: No Longer with Us - Later in the season, as Piper gets to know her better, it gradually becomes clear that Suzanne actually struggles constantly to keep her mental illness in check in order to avoid being sent back to Litchfield's psychiatric ward, which she claims is even worse than solitary confinement.
Source: Cerebus Retcon
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Ward or Check. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/check/ward.
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