Meanings
nounfact check (plural fact checks)
plural fact checks · alternative factcheck · alternative fact-check
- A verification of the factuality of specific information.
verbfact check (third-person singular simple present fact checks, present participle fact checking, simple past and past participle fact checked)
present singular third person fact checks · participle present fact checking · participle past fact checked · past fact checked · alternative factcheck · alternative fact-check
- alternativeAlternative form of fact-check.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 闢謠 /辟谣, 事實核查 /事实核查
- 闢謠 /辟谣 (pìyáo)a verification of the factuality of specific information
- 事實核查 /事实核查 (shìshí héchá)a verification of the factuality of specific information
German Faktencheck
- Faktenchecka verification of the factuality of specific information
Hungarian tényellenőrzés, tényszerűség/valóságtartalom ellenőrzése
- tényellenőrzésa verification of the factuality of specific information
- tényszerűség/valóságtartalom ellenőrzésea verification of the factuality of specific information
- tényfeltárása verification of the factuality of specific information
- ténymegállapítása verification of the factuality of specific information
Māori hihira meka
- hihira mekaa verification of the factuality of specific information
Russian фактче́к
- фактче́к (faktčék)a verification of the factuality of specific information
Spanish verificación fáctica, comprobación factual
- verificación fácticaa verification of the factuality of specific information
- comprobación factuala verification of the factuality of specific information
- constatacióna verification of the factuality of specific information
Swedish faktakontroll, faktakoll
- faktakontrolla verification of the factuality of specific information
- faktakolla verification of the factuality of specific information
- faktagranskninga verification of the factuality of specific information
Cite this entry
APA
fact check. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fact%20check
MLA
“fact check.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fact%20check. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fact check,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fact%20check.
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