Translingual

Symbol

✓

1. Indicates items in a list that were already dealt with, e.g., products in a grocery list that were already bought.
   • 2007, Steve Anderson, Meet the Robinsons, Walt Disney Pictures

     Things to do:

     ☑ Steal time machine

     ☑ Ruin science fair

     ☑ Pass off invention as my own!

   Milk ✓

   Eggs

   Flour ✓

2. Indicates one's preference or vote. Sometimes, a ballot (☐) can be filled with a checkmark: ☑.

   ☐ Candidate 1

   ☐ Candidate 2

   ☑ Candidate 3

3. Indicates correctness. See also: ✗ ‎(“indicates wrongness”).

   2+2=4 ✓

   2+2=5 ✗

Usage notes

In English, this is called tick, checkmark, check.

Synonyms

• See also Appendix:Strikethrough for crossed text as in example, which also indicates items already dealt with.
• ✗ ‎(“indicates one's preference or vote”)

Antonyms

• ✗ ‎(“indicates incorrectness”)

See also

• ☐