Meanings
fact-checking1
nounfact-checking (uncountable)
- uncountableThe investigating of an issue with regards to the validity or veracity of its stated facts.
However, I'm hopeful that the constant and diligent fact-checking that the Brown Bob team pursued throughout the production has done the trick for The Architecture The Railways Built.
2020 May 6, Tim Dunn, “The Architecture The Railways Built”, in Rail, page 76
fact-checking2
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of fact-check
Origin
Translations
Russian фактче́к, фактче́кинг
- фактче́к (faktčék)the investigating of an issue with regards to the validity or veracity of its stated facts
- фактче́кинг (faktčéking)the investigating of an issue with regards to the validity or veracity of its stated facts
Spanish verificación de hechos, comprobación de fechos
- verificación de hechosthe investigating of an issue with regards to the validity or veracity of its stated facts
- comprobación de fechosthe investigating of an issue with regards to the validity or veracity of its stated facts
- constatación de factosthe investigating of an issue with regards to the validity or veracity of its stated facts
- corroboración factualthe investigating of an issue with regards to the validity or veracity of its stated facts
- confirmación fácticathe investigating of an issue with regards to the validity or veracity of its stated facts
Swedish faktagranskning
- faktagranskningthe investigating of an issue with regards to the validity or veracity of its stated facts
Cite this entry
APA
fact-checking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fact-checking
MLA
“fact-checking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fact-checking. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fact-checking,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fact-checking.
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