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garbage collect

garbage collect verb: to reclaim resources which are no longer in use; to run a garbage collector.

Verb

garbage collect (third-person singular simple present garbage collects, present participle garbage collecting, simple past and past participle garbage collected)

  1. To reclaim resources which are no longer in use; to run a garbage collector.
  2. (transitive) To destroy (an object that is no longer in use) during the process of garbage collection

Synonyms of garbage collect

Forms of garbage collect

third-person singular presentgarbage collects
present participlegarbage collecting
past participlegarbage collected
pastgarbage collected

Questions about garbage collect

What does garbage collect mean?
Garbage collect means to reclaim resources which are no longer in use; to run a garbage collector.
What part of speech is garbage collect?
Garbage collect is a verb.
What is the past tense of garbage collect?
The past tense of garbage collect is garbage collected.

Words near garbage collect in the dictionary

  1. garbage bins
  2. garbage can
  3. garbage cans
  4. garbage chute
  5. garbage chutes
  6. garbage collect
  7. garbage collected
  8. garbage collection
  9. garbage collections
  10. garbage collector
  11. garbage collectors

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