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double-quoting

double-quoting is the present participle and gerund of double-quote.

Meaning of double-quote

Verb

double-quote (third-person singular simple present double-quotes, present participle double-quoting, simple past and past participle double-quoted)

  1. (transitive) To surround (something) with a double-quote on each side.

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Questions about double-quoting

What is double-quoting the present participle and gerund of?
Double-quoting is the present participle and gerund of double-quote.

Words near double-quoting in the dictionary

  1. double-quicking
  2. double-quicks
  3. double-quote
  4. double-quoted
  5. double-quotes
  6. double-quoting
  7. double-reed
  8. double-replacement reaction
  9. double-replacement reactions
  10. double-ripper
  11. double-rippers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: double-quoting (page history and authors); double-quote (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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