{
  "id": "check.verification",
  "term": "check",
  "sense": "verification",
  "pos": "verb",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 9,
  "arena": "check",
  "domain": "everyday",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "to see if an object’s state is just like another object’s state",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "state.condition",
      "difference.relation",
      "just.exact",
      "like.similarity",
      "object.entity",
      "s.letter",
      "see.visual"
    ],
    "interaction": "The visual perception of marks reveals whether the state of one object exactly matches the state of another, relying on similarity and exactness to eliminate difference.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "exact match detection",
      "visual state comparison",
      "difference cancellation"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The Hubble Space Telescope's gyroscopes failed repeatedly, requiring five servicing missions to restore alignment with Earth-based coordinates.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "In 2023, the World Health Organization confirmed Sudan's polio outbreak was wildtype after genetic sequencing matched samples from Chad's known strain.",
      "domain": "biology"
    },
    {
      "text": "The New York City Transit Authority compares turnstile entry counts to real-time subway card swipes to detect fare evasion discrepancies.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "process.general",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "check",
    "checked",
    "checking",
    "checks"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6,
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "factual",
      "note": "the original components list omitted constitutive concepts required by the definition, including visual perception, objecthood, similarity, and exactness. These are now added. Definition remains corre"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-check.verification"
}