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U+2713, ✓
CHECK MARK

[U+2712]
Dingbats
[U+2714]

Translingual

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(English symbol name tick or checkmark or check)

  1. Indicates an item (especially in a list) that is fulfilled or dealt with, e.g., products in a grocery list that were already bought.
    Milk
    Eggs
    Flour
    • 2007, Steve Anderson, Meet the Robinsons (in English), Walt Disney Pictures:
      Things to do:
      Steal time machine
      Ruin science fair
      Pass off invention as my own!
    • 2023 March 7, Gretty Garcia, “Yes, I *Did* Stay at the Same Hotel as Beyoncé in Dubai—and You Should Too”, in Cosmopolitan[1] (in English):
      Now that I’ve officially recovered from my epic experience, I can confirm that, yes, every single celeb and influencer imaginable was there to check out the hotel’s opening weekend (Chloe and Halle Bailey? ✔️ Ellen Pompeo? ✔️ Kendall Jenner? ✔️✔️✔️ I mean, did you not see the pics?!).
    • 2023 May 12, Lia Mappoura, “I tried Glossier's brand new G Suit lip crèmes so you don't have to – you're welcome”, in Cosmopolitan[2] (in English):
      I also did a long-wear test, as y'do and after scoffing my face with some food (read: I am feral when it comes to a midday snack, so what), the striking colour that I was wearing, named 'Jet', had stayed put. Pigment, check .
  2. Indicates one's preference or vote. Sometimes, a ballot () can be filled with a checkmark: .
    Synonym:
    Candidate 1
    Candidate 2
    Candidate 3
  3. Indicates correctness (with the exception of some languages, in which it is used with the opposite meaning).
    Antonym: (indicates incorrectness)
    2+2=4
    2+2=5 ✗
  4. Used as a tally mark.
    • 2015, "Sleep Spells", season 1, episode 7b of Star vs. the Forces of Evil
      [Star saves Marco's life.]
      Marco: Thanks for saving me. Again, that makes twenty-eight saves for you, and four for me, but... Who's counting?
      [The checkmarks below are written on Marco's notebook.]
      [Star's face] ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
      [Marco's face] ✓✓✓✓
  5. (computing, dated) ISO 2047 symbol for Acknowledge.

Usage notes

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  • See also Appendix:Strikethrough for crossed text as in example, which also indicates items already dealt with.

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