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Definition of 'cross-check'

cross-check

Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense cross-checks , present participle cross-checking , past tense, past participle cross-checked
verb
If you cross-check information, you check that it is correct using a different method or source from the one originally used to obtain it.
You have to scrupulously check and cross-check everything you hear. [VERB noun]
His version will later be cross-checked against that of the university. [be V-ed + against]
They want to ensure such claims are justified by cross-checking with other records. [VERB + with]
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cross-check in American

(ˈkrɔsˌtʃɛk ; krôsˈchekˌ)
verb transitive, verb intransitive
1. 
to check or verify from various sources or points of view
2.  Ice Hockey
to illegally check (an opponent) with one's stick held in both hands and lifted from the ice
noun
3. 
an act of cross-checking
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Example sentences containing 'cross-check'

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We'll need to get some samples for the lab so he can do a cross-check with the DNA samples they took at the scene. Karin Slaughter BLINDSIGHTED (2001)

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Definition of cross-check from the Collins English Dictionary

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