MEANING
To check information against another source or method to see whether it agrees.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- cross-check the figures
- cross-check against records
On the page
The researcher cross-checked the dates against contemporary shipping logs.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- cross-check
- Past tense
- cross-checked
- Past participle
- cross-checked
- Present participle
- cross-checking
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- cross-check
- Present continuous
- am/is/are cross-checking
- Present perfect
- have/has cross-checked
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been cross-checking
- Past
- cross-checked
- Past continuous
- was/were cross-checking
- Past perfect
- had cross-checked
- Past perfect continuous
- had been cross-checking
- Future
- will cross-check
- Future continuous
- will be cross-checking
- Future perfect
- will have cross-checked
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been cross-checking
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: cross-check; cross-checks; cross-checked; cross-checked; cross-checking. Noun singular cross-check; plural cross-checks. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: evidence, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: cross-checks.
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