fact-check

verb

To verify the factuality of specific information.

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Meanings

nounfact-check (plural fact-checks)

plural fact-checks · alternative fact check

  1. alternativeAlternative form of fact check.
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 fact check

  1. transitiveTo verify the factuality of specific information.

    There are the tiniest statements, such as claiming that Dartmouth is technically the only railway station in Britain never to have had a railway line, that need to be fact-checked (and in this case debunked - at least Hull Corporation Pier was similar).

    2020 May 6, Tim Dunn, “The Architecture The Railways Built”, in Rail, page 76

Translations

Hungarian tényfeltár, tényellenőriz
  • tényfeltárto verify the veracity of specific information
  • tényellenőrizto verify the veracity of specific information
  • ténymegállapítto verify the veracity of specific information
Māori hihira meka
  • hihira mekato verify the veracity of specific information
Spanish verificar fácticamente, comprobar factualmente
  • verificar fácticamenteto verify the veracity of specific information
  • comprobar factualmenteto verify the veracity of specific information
  • constatarto verify the veracity of specific information
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“fact-check.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fact-check. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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