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CROSS-CHECK
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they cross-check ... he / she / it cross-checks
Past simple: cross-checked
Past participle: cross-checked
-ing form: cross-checking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Check out conflicting sources; crosscheck facts, for example
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "cross-check" is one way to...):
ascertain; assure; check; control; ensure; insure; see; see to it (be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
