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detexts

detexts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of detext.

Meaning of detext

Verb

detext (third-person singular simple present detexts, present participle detexting, simple past and past participle detexted)

  1. (rare) To extract or remove from a text
    • The search for partial text parallels is helpful in order to detext interchangeable substitutions.1988, Peter Masson, editor, Indiana 11, page 14

Questions about detexts

What is detexts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Detexts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of detext.

Words near detexts in the dictionary

  1. detethered
  2. detethering
  3. detetherings
  4. detethers
  5. detext
  6. detexts
  7. deth
  8. dethatch
  9. dethatched
  10. dethatcher
  11. dethatchers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: detexts (page history and authors); detext (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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