Past tense of debug
regular verb
The past tense of debug is debugged. The past participle is also debugged.
Forms of debug
| Base form (V1) | debug /diːˈbʌɡ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | debugged |
| Past participle (V3) | debugged |
| Present participle | debugging /diːˈbʌɡɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | debugs |
Debugged in a sentence
- Additionally, it's up to you to remember to remove this cron entry when you've debugged the firewall.2015, Steve Suehring, Linux Firewalls: Enhancing Security with nftables and Beyond, page 140
- Before we moved into our new quarters we, and our belongings, had to be deloused and debugged.2013, Peter Jackson, Sacrifice, Captivity and Escape: The Remarkable Memoirs of a Japanese POW, page 165
- In the future, most crucially, Wikilambda will continue to be debugged and extended by its core developers.2026, Michael Falk, “Wikilambda the ultimate: the Wikimedia foundation’s search for the perfect language”, in AI & Society: Knowledge…. From the entry abed
- You pull the trigger and a dry fog of vaporized insecticide billows out as you move around the outdoor area to be debugged.1967 August, Popular Science, volume 1919, number 2, page 138. From the entry dry fog
Meaning of debug
- verb To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in something, especially a computer program or machinery.
- verb To remove a hidden electronic surveillance device from (somewhere).
- verb To remove insects from (somewhere), especially lice.
Questions about the past tense of debug
- What is the past tense of debug?
- The past tense of debug is debugged.
- What is the past participle of debug?
- The past participle of debug is debugged.
- Is debug a regular or irregular verb?
- Debug is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
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