"fact-checking" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From fact + checking. Etymology templates: {{af|en|fact|checking}} fact + checking Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} fact-checking (uncountable)
  1. The investigating of an issue with regards to the validity or veracity of its stated facts. Tags: uncountable Translations (the investigating of an issue with regards to the validity or veracity of its stated facts): фактче́к (faktčék) [masculine, neologism] (Russian), фактче́кинг (faktčéking) [masculine, neologism] (Russian), faktagranskning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fact-checking-en-noun-QaWzW0lp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: From fact-check (verb) + -ing. Etymology templates: {{af|en|fact-check|-ing|pos1=verb}} fact-check (verb) + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} fact-checking
  1. present participle and gerund of fact-check Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: fact-check
    Sense id: en-fact-checking-en-verb-ElwaesBm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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