double-check

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verb

ˌdə-bəl-ˈchek 

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

Examples of double-check in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

To double-check their results, the scientists turned to observations of the same region made by NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope. —Robert Lea, Space.com, 5 June 2026

Your employees should feel confident enough to make decisions that are part of their roles, without having to double-check everything with you. —Matthew Warren, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026

Also, be sure to double-check whether there is a surcharge for paying with a credit card. —Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 30 May 2026

Crichton goes to a lot of effort to give plausible explanation to the harvesting and recombination of dinosaur DNA, and the mistakes that the involved human beings make are ones of ego, greed, and—more or less—neglecting to double-check their homework before turning it in. —Ian MacKenzie, Literary Hub, 27 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1920, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Noun

1890, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for double-check

• biotech
• bottleneck
• quarterdeck
• turtleneck
• zapotec
• aztec
• breakneck
• codec
• exec
• mixtec
• paycheck
• pinchbeck

Kids Definition

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