CHEQUERED


Meaning of CHEQUERED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ tʃekə(r)d ]

Note: in AM, use 'checkered'

1.

If a person or organization has had a chequered career or history, they have had a varied past with both good and bad periods.

He had a chequered political career spanning nearly forty years...

Alan had led a very chequered past and had been to prison lots of times.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

2.

Something that is chequered has a pattern with squares of two or more different colours.

...red chequered tablecloths.

= checked

ADJ : ADJ n

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