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The correct spelling is checkpoint.
How to pronounce checkpoint
noun
Say it like: Che-kpo-ynt
The correct spelling is checkpoint. 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 For example: "The travellers were stopped at the checkpoint."
Usage Examples
“The travellers were stopped at the checkpoint.”
“You can't finish the race if you haven't passed all of the checkpoints on the track.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.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
- 2.A 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.
- 3.A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
verb
- 1.To set a checkpoint.
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