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CHECKERED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does checkered mean?
• CHECKERED (adjective)
The adjective CHECKERED has 2 senses:
1. patterned with alternating squares of color
2. marked by changeable fortune
Familiarity information: CHECKERED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Patterned with alternating squares of color
Synonyms:
Similar:
patterned (having patterns (especially colorful patterns))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Marked by changeable fortune
Context example:
a checkered business career
Similar:
changeable; changeful (such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change)
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