typecheck

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verb

To verify whether a given value belongs to a certain data type.

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Meanings

verbtypecheck (third-person singular simple present typechecks, present participle typechecking, simple past and past participle typechecked)

present singular third person typechecks · participle present typechecking · participle past typechecked · past typechecked

  1. transitivecomputingTo verify whether a given value belongs to a certain data type.

    Lastly, we demonstrate using Hummingbird in Rails development mode to typecheck an app as live updates are applied to it..

    2016, Brianna M. Ren, Jeffrey S. Foster, “Just-in-Time Static Type Checking for Dynamic Languages”, in arXiv
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APA

typecheck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/typecheck

MLA

“typecheck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/typecheck. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “typecheck,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/typecheck.

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