double-checking
Looking twice over
Double-checking is verifying something a second time to ensure accuracy or correctness.
The practice implies healthy skepticism about first impressions: I'm double-checking the numbers before we submit.
You might double-check facts, calculations, locks, or your own memory.
The hyphen is standard but sometimes dropped.
Establishing truth of something
- validatingConfirming truth or accuracy
- cross-referencingVerifying by consulting elsewhere
- proofreadingChecking text for mistakes
- reviewingExamining something again
fact-checking · auditing · accuracy · inspection · authentication · corroboration · substantiation · vetting
Exercising caution and attention
- thoroughComplete in every detail
- meticulousShowing extreme attention to detail
- diligentPersistently attentive to tasks
- conscientiousScrupulously careful and thorough
prudent · attentive · vigilant · painstaking · scrupulous · methodical · deliberate · precautionary
Printing mistake
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- revisionAltering to improve
- amendmentChange to official text
debugging · troubleshooting · proofreader · copy-editing · spellcheck · calculation · arithmetic · figures
confirming
Establishing truth of something
- validatingConfirming truth or accuracy
- cross-referencingVerifying by consulting elsewhere
- proofreadingChecking text for mistakes
reviewing · fact-checking · auditing · accuracy · inspection · authentication · corroboration · substantiation · vetting · screening
careful
Exercising caution and attention
- thoroughComplete in every detail
- meticulousShowing extreme attention to detail
- diligentPersistently attentive to tasks
conscientious · prudent · attentive · vigilant · painstaking · scrupulous · methodical · deliberate · precautionary · risk-averse
typo
Printing mistake
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- revisionAltering to improve
amendment · debugging · troubleshooting · proofreader · copy-editing · spellcheck · calculation · arithmetic · figures · numbers
- revisiting actionsretrying, redoing, reviewing, rereading, rewatching
- verification methodsfact-checking, validation, confirmation, authentication, corroboration
- carefulnessattention, attentiveness, care, carefulness, caution
- test strategiestime management, elimination, process of elimination, guessing, pacing
- Test-taking actionsanswering, guessing, bubbling, circling, marking
- warinesscaution, wariness, guardedness, vigilance, watchfulness
double-checkingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
disregarding · taking at face value · overlooking · assuming · rubber-stamping
double-checkingneglecting
Failing to attend to
slacking · cutting corners · half-assing · skimming · brushing off