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keywording

keywording is the present participle and gerund of keyword.

Meaning of keyword

Verb

keyword (third-person singular simple present keywords, present participle keywording, simple past and past participle keyworded)

  1. (transitive) To tag with keywords, as for example to facilitate searching.
    • Besides being able to search the photography collections, of which 3,000 images have been scanned in so far, the feature is meant to provide a more subjective and spontaneous way for visitors to view the art: browsing images, looking at them sequentially and keywording, or tagging, them for...2008 March 12, Philip Gefter, “Type in ‘Native American’ and Search (Someday) 13 Million Photos”, in New York Times

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Questions about keywording

What is keywording the present participle and gerund of?
Keywording is the present participle and gerund of keyword.

Words near keywording in the dictionary

  1. Keywester
  2. keyword
  3. keyword stuffing
  4. keyword-driven testing
  5. keyworded
  6. keywording
  7. keywordless
  8. keywords
  9. keywork
  10. keyworker
  11. keyworkers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: keywording (page history and authors); keyword (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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