control-F
control-F verb: to search for text, as if by using the "Find in page" or similarly named function in a document viewing application, such as a web browser or a word processor.
Verb
control-F (third-person singular simple present control-Fs, present participle control-Fing, simple past and past participle control-Fed)
- To search for text, as if by using the "Find in page" or similarly named function in a document viewing application, such as a web browser or a word processor.
- His lawyers just copied and pasted his defense from the last impeachment: Control-F ‘Ukraine,’ replace with ‘riot.’2021 February 3, Trish Bendix, quoting Jimmy Fallon, “Trump’s Being Impeached Again, So It Must Be Groundhog Day”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2021, retrieved 21 Feb...
- Sometimes I wish I could just flip to a table of contents, or control-F my channel or my brain.2024, Jessica McCabe, “Introduction”, in Elysia Liang, editor, How to ADHD, New York: Rodale Books, →ISBN, page viii
Forms of control-F
| third-person singular present | control-Fs |
|---|---|
| present participle | control-Fing |
| past participle | control-Fed |
| past | control-Fed |
Questions about control-F
- What does control-F mean?
- Control-F means to search for text, as if by using the "Find in page" or similarly named function in a document viewing application, such as a web browser or a word processor.
- What part of speech is control-F?
- Control-F is a verb.
- What is the past tense of control-F?
- The past tense of control-F is control-Fed.
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