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boilerplating

boilerplating is the present participle and gerund of boilerplate.

Meaning of boilerplate

Verb

boilerplate (third-person singular simple present boilerplates, present participle boilerplating, simple past and past participle boilerplated)

  1. (transitive) To store standard text so that it can easily be retrieved for reuse.
    • Any text that you have reason to use more than once can be boilerplated by simply tucking it away in a file (on disk) […]1986, Personal Computing, volume 10, page 72

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Questions about boilerplating

What is boilerplating the present participle and gerund of?
Boilerplating is the present participle and gerund of boilerplate.

Words near boilerplating in the dictionary

  1. boilerplate
  2. boilerplate code
  3. boilerplate codes
  4. boilerplated
  5. boilerplates
  6. boilerplating
  7. boilers
  8. boilersmith
  9. boilersmiths
  10. boilersuit
  11. boilersuited

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