The meaning of CHECKERED is marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials. How to use checkered in a sentence.
CHECKERED definition: marked by numerous and various shifts or changes; variegated. See examples of checkered used in a sentence.
CHECKERED definition: 1. US spelling of chequered 2. having had both successful and unsuccessful periods in your past…. Learn more.
Definition of checkered adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Whereas, checkered is the American English spelling that carries the same connotations—both the literal pattern and the metaphorical use to describe a past filled with both positive and negative events. The distinction between the two lies purely in regional spelling preferences, without any difference in meaning or usage context.
checkered (comparative more checkered, superlative most checkered) Divided into a grid of squares of alternating colours or shades, or into light and dark patches.
The senator has a checkered past. [=he has done bad things or been in trouble in the past] When it comes to labor relations, the company has a somewhat checkered history. [=the company has sometimes had problems with labor relations]
Checkered definition: Divided into squares. At length the sun's rays have attained the right angle, and warm winds blow up mist and rain and melt the snowbanks, and the sun, dispersing the mist, smiles on a checkered landscape of russet and white smoking with incense, through which the traveller picks his way from islet to islet, cheered by the music of a thousand tinkling rills and rivulets ...
check ered (chek′ ərd), adj. marked by numerous and various shifts or changes; variegated: a checkered career. marked by dubious episodes; suspect in character or quality: a checkered past. marked with squares: a checkered fabric. diversified in color; alternately light and shadowed: the checkered shade beneath trees.