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quasiquote

quasiquote verb: to enclose (a text fragment within source code) in a special markup that allows it to be separately parsed to yield a computed output value.

Verb

quasiquote (third-person singular simple present quasiquotes, present participle quasiquoting, simple past and past participle quasiquoted)

  1. (transitive) To enclose (a text fragment within source code) in a special markup that allows it to be separately parsed to yield a computed output value.

Forms of quasiquote

third-person singular presentquasiquotes
present participlequasiquoting
past participlequasiquoted
pastquasiquoted

Origin of quasiquote

From quasi- + quote.

Questions about quasiquote

What does quasiquote mean?
Quasiquote means to enclose (a text fragment within source code) in a special markup that allows it to be separately parsed to yield a computed output value.
What part of speech is quasiquote?
Quasiquote is a verb.
What is the past tense of quasiquote?
The past tense of quasiquote is quasiquoted.

Words near quasiquote in the dictionary

  1. quasiprotons
  2. quasipsychotic
  3. quasipublic
  4. quasiquark
  5. quasiquotation
  6. quasiquote
  7. quasiquoted
  8. quasiquoter
  9. quasiquoters
  10. quasiquotes
  11. quasiquoting

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