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.
Meaning & usage
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.
The travellers were stopped at the checkpoint.
Since this was rebel country, checkpoints were set up along the road.
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.
After the crash, we rolled back the database to the last checkpoint.
A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart.
You can't finish the race if you haven't passed all of the checkpoints on the track.
A biological control mechanism ensuring correct progression through the cell cycle.
Where this word comes from
From check + point.
To set a checkpoint.
Where this word comes from
From check + point.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.