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outswap

outswap verb: synonym of swap out.

Verb

outswap (third-person singular simple present outswaps, present participle outswapping, simple past and past participle outswapped)

  1. (transitive) Synonym of swap out.
    • Because a real-time process might idle for a considerable time waiting for an external event, a conventional operating system would outswap or outpage the process.1983, Mini-Micro Systems, volume 16, page 255
    Synonyms:
    swap out

Synonyms of outswap

Forms of outswap

third-person singular presentoutswaps
present participleoutswapping
past participleoutswapped
pastoutswapped

Origin of outswap

From out- + swap.

Questions about outswap

What does outswap mean?
Outswap means synonym of swap out.
What part of speech is outswap?
Outswap is a verb.
What is the past tense of outswap?
The past tense of outswap is outswapped.

Words near outswap in the dictionary

  1. outswagger
  2. outswaggered
  3. outswaggering
  4. outswaggers
  5. outswam
  6. outswap
  7. outswapped
  8. outswapping
  9. outswaps
  10. outswarm
  11. outswarmed

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