double-check

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verb

ˌdə-bəl-ˈchek How to pronounce double-check (audio)
ˈdə-bəl-ˌchek
double-checked; double-checking; double-checks

transitive verb

: to subject to a double check
data double-checked for accuracy

intransitive verb

: to make a double check

double check

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noun

: a careful checking to determine accuracy, condition, or progress especially of something already checked

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As technologies such as radio telescopes improve, astrochemists will be able to make new discoveries, double-check existing observations and study these faraway regions in more detail than ever before. — Olivia Harper Wilkins, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026 The Public Defender's Office said Govindbhai, without double-checking the plate numbers, walked to the driver's side door and struck the window with his baton four times, smashing the glass. — Jose Fabian, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 If you're emailed anything about your order that requests payments, redelivery payments, account details, or anything similar, don't click any links in the email; go directly to Valve to double-check. — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026 Stephenson-Goodknight remembers double-checking the spelling of her search term. — Carson Griffith, New Yorker, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for double-check

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1920, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Noun

1890, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of double-check was in 1890

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“Double-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double-check. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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double-check

verb
dou·​ble-check
ˌdəb-əl-ˈchek, 
ˈdəb-əl-ˌchek
: to make a careful check (as for accuracy) of something already checked
double check noun
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