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fact-checking

fact-checking noun: the investigating of an issue with regards to the validity or veracity of its stated facts. Also the present participle and gerund of fact-check.

Noun

fact-checking (uncountable)

  1. The investigating of an issue with regards to the validity or veracity of its stated facts.
    • However, I'm hopeful that the constant and diligent fact-checking that the Brown Bob team pursued throughout the production has done the trick for The Architecture The Railways Built.2020 May 6, Tim Dunn, “The Architecture The Railways Built”, in Rail, page 76

Also used as

fact-checking is also the present participle and gerund of fact-check.

Origin of fact-checking

From fact + checking.

From fact-check (verb) + -ing.

Questions about fact-checking

What does fact-checking mean?
Fact-checking means the investigating of an issue with regards to the validity or veracity of its stated facts.
What part of speech is fact-checking?
Fact-checking is a noun.

Words near fact-checking in the dictionary

  1. fact tables
  2. fact-check
  3. fact-checked
  4. fact-checker
  5. fact-checkers
  6. fact-checking
  7. fact-checks
  8. fact-finder
  9. fact-finders
  10. fact-finding
  11. fact-free

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