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DOUBLE-CHECK
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they double-check ... he / she / it double-checks
Past simple: double-checked
Past participle: double-checked
-ing form: double-checking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Check once more to be absolutely sure
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "double-check" is one way to...):
ascertain; assure; check; control; ensure; insure; see; see to it (be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
double check (something that checks the correctness of a previous check)
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