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check-in

/ˈtʃek ɪn/noun

उच्चारण चेक इन

चेक-इन काउंटर, (हवाई अड्डे पर) पंजीकरण स्थल

Core word

noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    the place where you go first when you arrive at an airport, to show your ticket and give in your bags

    चेक-इन काउंटर, (हवाई अड्डे पर) पंजीकरण स्थल

    • Please go to the check-in two hours before your flight.
    • a check-in desk
    • The check-in at Delhi airport was crowded this morning.
    + 2 more examples
    • The queue at the check-in stretched all the way to the door.
    • Where is the check-in for flights to Chennai?
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    [U, C]

    the act of showing your ticket at an airport, or of arriving and registering at a hotel

    (होटल या हवाई अड्डे पर) आगमन-पंजीकरण, चेक-इन

    • Check-in is from 12 noon.
    • online check-in
    • Online check-in opens twenty-four hours before departure.
    + 2 more examples
    • The hotel's check-in time is two o'clock.
    • Check-in was quick because we had booked in advance.

    Opposite check-out

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

check-in (noun) vs check in (phrasal verb)

The noun is written with a hyphen and the phrasal verb as two words; the noun names the desk or the process, the verb the action.

Noun hyphen के साथ और phrasal verb दो अलग शब्दों में लिखा जाता है; noun काउंटर या प्रक्रिया का नाम है और verb क्रिया का।

  • The check-in closes forty minutes before departure.
  • Passengers must check in two hours early.

check-in + noun (as a modifier)

Check-in works like an adjective before another noun to name a desk, counter, time or luggage.

'Check-in' दूसरे noun से पहले adjective की तरह आकर काउंटर, समय या सामान का नाम बताता है।

  • Please go to the check-in counter with your ticket.
  • The check-in time at the hotel is noon.

at / after check-in; online check-in

Use at for the place or moment of check-in, and after or before for the time sequence.

स्थान या क्षण के लिए 'at' और क्रम के लिए 'after' या 'before' आता है।

  • We met at the check-in and walked to the gate together.
  • Print the boarding pass after online check-in.

the check-in (countable) / check-ins

The noun is countable, so it takes a, the or the plural -s, especially for social media check-ins.

यह noun countable है, इसलिए इसके साथ a, the या plural -s आता है; social media के check-ins के लिए भी यही लागू है।

  • There were long check-ins at the airport during the festival rush.
+Collocations 4

check-in + noun

deskcountertimebaggageprocess

  • The check-in desk was crowded with Diwali travellers.

adjective + check-in

onlineearlylatequickself-service

  • Online check-in saves a lot of time at the airport.

verb + check-in

completeclosemissopenqueue at

  • Radhika missed the check-in and could not board the flight.

check-in + preposition

atforbeforeafterduring

  • The check-in for the Mumbai flight opens at six.
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  • The airline has opened a separate check-in for senior citizens.

एयरलाइन ने वरिष्ठ नागरिकों के लिए अलग check-in शुरू किया है।

  • Hotel check-in is usually after two in the afternoon.

होटल का check-in प्रायः दोपहर दो बजे के बाद होता है।

  • She completed the web check-in at home and printed her boarding pass.

उसने घर पर web check-in पूरा किया और boarding pass निकाल लिया।

  • The check-in staff weighed our bags carefully.

check-in कर्मचारियों ने हमारे सामान का वजन ध्यान से किया।

  • A quick check-in is a good start to a trip.

तेज check-in यात्रा की अच्छी शुरुआत होती है।

  • Hotel check-in was delayed because our room was not ready.

हमारा कमरा तैयार न होने से होटल का check-in देर से हुआ।

!Common mistakes 1

✗ We reached the airport and check-in our bags.

✓ We reached the airport and checked in our bags.

Check-in with a hyphen is a noun; the verb is check in, here in the past tense.

Hyphen वाला 'check-in' noun है; क्रिया 'check in' है, जो यहाँ past tense में आएगी।

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Antonyms

check-out

§Grammar and usage

The noun is check-in with a hyphen, but the phrasal verb is check in without one, as in we checked in at the hotel.

Noun check-in hyphen के साथ लिखा जाता है, लेकिन phrasal verb check in बिना hyphen के, जैसे we checked in at the hotel।