security check
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsecurityandcheck
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security
noun
uk/sɪˈkjʊə.rə.ti/us/səˈkjʊr.ə.t̬i/
protection of a person, building, organization, or country against threats such as crime or attacks by ...
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check
noun
uk/tʃek/us/tʃek/
an examination of something in order to make certain that it is correct or the way it ...
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(Definition ofsecurityandcheckfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsecurity check
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He receives a retirement annuity check and a socialsecuritycheckeach month.
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First, has there been asecuritycheckon the past hisory of all personnel who have access to secret information?
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The hospital was left, so it seems, completely unattended with nosecuritycheck.
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There is no formal mechanism in place tosecuritycheckinterpreters.
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I should like a strictsecuritycheckto be kept on these substances; otherwise the order will be meaningless.
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Every aircraft is subject to asecuritycheckwhen all incoming passengers have left, to ensure that nothing suspicious has been left behind.
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What will happen if thesecuritycheckpoints are removed?
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Asecuritycheckis then undertaken, generally by the relevant police authority.
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The aliens admitted to this country for residence during the last five years were subject to asecuritycheck.
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However, at this end of the tunnel one goes through a propersecuritycheck.
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There has to be some propersecuritycheckwhen people are going on to the train.
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The two most favoured covers for this particular activity appear to be the ostensiblesecuritycheckand the purported traffic offence.
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That is the kind of pettysecuritycheckbeing operated.
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Persons who seek asylum are subjected to asecuritycheck, but it would not be in the public interest to give any details of the security measures which are taken.
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Asecuritycheckregime will be required.
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Its bus connection is outside the security area and asecuritycheckis needed also for transfer passengers.
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As with terminal 2 it was built withoutsecuritycheck, which was added after 2001.
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