"double check" meaning in All languages combined

See double check on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-double check.wav Forms: double checks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} double check (plural double checks)
  1. An extra check or verification made a second time, usually with additional caution or attention. Translations (extra check): 復查 (Chinese Mandarin), 复查 (fùchá) (Chinese Mandarin), 複查 (Chinese Mandarin), 再次確認 (Chinese Mandarin), 再次确认 (zàicì quèrén) (Chinese Mandarin), tuplavarmistus (Finnish), rechecagem [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-double_check-en-noun-sGRH8qV~ Disambiguation of 'extra check': 71 29
  2. (chess, uncountable) A check delivered by two pieces simultaneously. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Chess Translations (chess situation): 雙將 (Chinese Mandarin), 双将 (shuāngjiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), kaksoisshakki (Finnish), Doppelschach [neuter] (German), sáinn dhúbailte [feminine] (Irish), șah dublu [neuter] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-double_check-en-noun-aCh6kK2b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 73 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 67 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 72 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 75 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 62 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 67 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 11 62 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 9 67 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 62 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 11 62 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 62 27 Topics: board-games, chess, games Disambiguation of 'chess situation': 6 94

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-double check.wav Forms: double checks [present, singular, third-person], double checking [participle, present], double checked [participle, past], double checked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} double check (third-person singular simple present double checks, present participle double checking, simple past and past participle double checked)
  1. To check again; to check with extra caution or attention; to verify or make sure. Synonyms: double-check, doublecheck Translations (to check again): 復查 (Chinese Mandarin), 复查 (fùchá) (Chinese Mandarin), 複查 (Chinese Mandarin), varmistaa (Finnish), gegenchecken (German), rechecar (Portuguese), dubbelkolla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-double_check-en-verb-dSoJ9f4s

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-11-21 using wiktextract (95d2be1 and 64224ec). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.