What does checkered mean?
Definitions for checkered
ˈtʃɛk ərdcheck·ered
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Princeton's WordNet
checked, checkered, chequeredadjective
patterned with alternating squares of color
checkeredadjective
marked by changeable fortune
"a checkered business career"
Wiktionary
checkeredadjective
divided into squares, or into light and dark patches.
That is a checkered tablecloth.
checkeredadjective
changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty
I have a checkered past.
Wikipedia
checkered
Check (also checker, Brit: chequer) is a pattern of modified stripes consisting of crossed horizontal and vertical lines which form squares. The pattern typically contains two colours where a single checker (that is a single square within the check pattern) is surrounded on all four sides by a checker of a different colour. The pattern is commonly placed onto garments and is, in certain social contexts, applied to clothing which is worn to signify cultural or political affiliations. Such is the case with check in ska and on the keffiyeh. The pattern's all-pervasiveness and simple layout has lent to its practical usage in scientific experimentation and observation, optometry, technology (hardware and software), and as a symbol for responders to associate meaning with.
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checkered
Checkered generally describes a pattern typically comprised of squares in two alternating colors or shades. It can also be used metaphorically to describe something marked by numerous changes, often relating to alternating periods of highs and lows, success and failures.
Webster Dictionary
Checkered
of Checker
Checkeredadjective
marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material
Checkeredadjective
diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in appearance, character, circumstances, etc
Anagrams for checkered »
rechecked
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of checkered in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of checkered in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of checkered in a Sentence
Harvard deciding that someone can't grow, especially after a life-altering event like the shooting, is deeply concerning. If any institution should understand growth, it's Harvard, which is looked to as the pinnacle of higher education despite its checkered past.
Healthcare practitioners are still a little wary of weight-loss medications because of this sort of checkered past.
Pfalz has had a checkered record of wine production, after the war they went for quantity, and quality hit rock bottom.
Theodore Roosevelt, The Man in the Arena:
Far better is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
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- кариран, пъстърBulgarian
- escacat, endauatCatalan, Valencian
- schachbrettartig, kariertGerman
- ajedrezado, a cuadrosSpanish
- چارخانهPersian
- kirjava, ruudullinen, värikäsFinnish
- à carreauxFrench
- axadrezadoGalician
- tarka, változatos, kockásHungarian
- scaccatoItalian
- 格子模様Japanese
- ကျားBurmese
- schaakbordachtig, dambordachtig, bontDutch
- quadriculado, axadrezado, xadrezPortuguese
- пёстрый, клетка, клетчатый, изменчивый, разнообразныйRussian
- rutig, brokigSwedish
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