"uncomment" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: uncomments [present, singular, third-person], uncommenting [participle, present], uncommented [participle, past], uncommented [past]
Etymology: un- + comment Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|comment}} un- + comment Head templates: {{en-verb}} uncomment (third-person singular simple present uncomments, present participle uncommenting, simple past and past participle uncommented)
  1. (programming, transitive) To convert (text that has been commented out) back into source code so that it will no longer be ignored by the compiler or interpreter. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-uncomment-en-verb-BCYfiKaI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 48 52 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  2. (transitive) To remove textual comments from (source code or other documents). Tags: transitive Synonyms: annotate
    Sense id: en-uncomment-en-verb-x17RLWVN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Translations): odkomentovat (Czech), malkomenti (Esperanto), décommenter (French), αποσχολιάζω (aposcholiázo) (Greek), descomentar (Portuguese), odkomentovať (Slovak), descomentar (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 50 50

Inflected forms

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