recheck

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verb

To check again.

“The article needed a complete recheck.”

OriginEnglish check ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbrecheck (third-person singular simple present rechecks, present participle rechecking, simple past and past participle rechecked)

present singular third person rechecks · participle present rechecking · participle past rechecked · past rechecked

  1. ambitransitiveTo check again.

    The second strategy consists of continuously rechecking for pending softirqs.

    2005, Daniel P. Bovet, Marco Cesati, Understanding the Linux Kernel
    1 more example

    I have now carefully rechecked most of the sources about Rashi supposedly dictating a responsum to his daughter, and I can state definitively that the tradition mentioned in your question is based on a scribal error.

    2024, David Golinkin, “Did Rashi Dictate Responsa To His Daughter?”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 200
nounrecheck (plural rechecks)

plural rechecks

  1. The act of checking again; reverification.

    The article needed a complete recheck.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishcheck
  7. Englishrecheck

From re- + check.

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Translations

Bulgarian проверявам отново
  • проверявам отново (proverjavam otnovo)countercheck
German gegenchecken
  • gegencheckencountercheck

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

checker
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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