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tick - use in sentences
Object
- box: Please tick a box to indicate your payment method.
- checkbox: To include a field in your data tick the checkbox next to the field name.
- clock: The song starts with the sound of a heartbeat fading in, to which some of the ticking clocks from Time are added.
- box(es: To enable Bayer to send you information on the products available, please tick the relevant box(es ) and complete your details.
- timebomb: It has become known as Norfolk's ticking timebomb.
- checkboxes: The feed is created by ticking checkboxes in a list.
Converse of object
- remove: Remove the tick from the Enabled box next to Email.
Adjective modifier
- infected: This method however could yield false negatives if single infected ticks failed to cause clinical disease ( Norval et al. , 1990 ).
Modifies a noun
- infestation: There are just no shortcuts to preventing flea and tick infestation.
- box: Note the 2 tick boxes at the bottom of the panel, under the heading " Delivery " .
- 'yes: Tick 'yes ' if the rent can go up or down.
- bite: Cats and dogs become infected through tick bites or when they hunt or eat infected rabbits, hares or rodents.
- 'no: Tick 'no ' if the rent can only go up.
- mark: Tick marks on Which side of the graph to draw ticks.
Noun used with modifier
- clock: What we are doing here is looking for a page unused since the last period ( clock tick?
Followed by a transitive particle
- off: Choose to do one of our multi-day trips, or tick off a classic tour around various islands.
Preposition: in
- box: Put a tick in the box at the top of the screen to include typographical variants in your search.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- over: My job is just to keep the station ticking over happily.
- along: It seems to be ticking along pretty idly at the moment, serving about 20 people.
- off: The more you tick off, the nearer you are getting nearer to your aim!
The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.
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