double check

verb

To check a second time; to check twice with extra caution or attention; to verify or make sure.

“I'm pretty sure that he's not coming, but I can double check the guest list.”

Similar
countercheck
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Meanings

verbdouble check (third-person singular simple present double checks, present participle double checking, simple past and past participle double checked)

present singular third person double checks · participle present double checking · participle past double checked · past double checked · alternative double-check · alternative doublecheck

  1. transitiveTo check a second time; to check twice with extra caution or attention; to verify or make sure.

    I'm pretty sure that he's not coming, but I can double check the guest list.

noundouble check (countable and uncountable, plural double checks)

plural double checks · alternative double-check · alternative doublecheck

  1. countableuncountableA second check or verification, usually with additional caution or attention.

    Why don't you make another double check of the house to see if there are still rats around?

  2. countableuncountableboard gamesA check delivered by two pieces simultaneously.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomething that checks the correctness of a previous check

Similar
countercheck
Broader
assaycheck
Also see
countercheck

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 復查 /复查, 複查 /复查
  • 復查 /复查 (fùchá)to check again
  • 複查 /复查 (fùchá)to check again
  • 復查 /复查 (fùchá)extra check
  • 複查 /复查 (fùchá)extra check
  • 再次確認 /再次确认 (zàicì quèrén)extra check
  • 雙將 /双将 (shuāngjiāng)chess situation
Dutch dubbelchecken
  • dubbelcheckento check again
Finnish varmistaa, tuplavarmistus
  • varmistaato check again
  • tuplavarmistusextra check
  • kaksoisshakkichess situation
German gegenchecken, Doppelschach
  • gegencheckento check again
  • Doppelschachchess situation
Irish sáinn dhúbailte
  • sáinn dhúbailtechess situation
Portuguese rechecar, checar de novo
  • rechecarto check again
  • checar de novoto check again
  • verificar novamenteto check again
  • verificar outra vezto check again
  • rechecagemextra check
Romanian șah dublu
  • șah dubluchess situation
Spanish verificar
  • verificarto check again
Swedish dubbelkolla
  • dubbelkollato check again
Vietnamese chiếu đôi, lưỡng chiếu
  • chiếu đôichess situation
  • lưỡng chiếuchess situation
Cite this entry
APA

double check. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20check

MLA

“double check.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20check. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “double check,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20check.

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