1. a place where people or vehicles are stopped and checked, especially by police or military personnel
2. a point in a process where progress is checked or recorded
Usage: computing; business

Examples

• The soldiers set up a checkpoint at the border crossing.
• All vehicles must stop at the security checkpoint.
• Police established checkpoints throughout the city during the manhunt.
• We reached the first checkpoint in our project timeline.
• The game automatically saves your progress at each checkpoint.
• The checkpoint system helps track student performance.
• Border guards inspected passports at the checkpoint.