To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory); to tick off (UK), tick (UK), cross off, strike off.
To carry out a decision recorded through the process of checking off an item on a list, including dealing with it, removing it from the possible choices, or removing the not checked items from further consideration.
To deduct union members' dues from their wages.
An individual measurable property or characteristic of a phenomenon being observed; the input of a model.
A beneficial capability of a piece of software.
Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).
The act of being featured in a piece of music.
Characteristic forms or shapes of parts. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer, or fillet.
A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.
Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and interpret an archeological site.
An important or main item.
The elements into which linguistic units can be broken down.
The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic.
To appear, to make an appearance.
To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context.
To star, to contain.