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refactored

refactored is the simple past and past participle of refactor.

Meaning of refactor

Verb

refactor (third-person singular simple present refactors, present participle refactoring, simple past and past participle refactored)

  1. To rewrite existing source code in order to improve its readability, reusability or structure without affecting its meaning or behaviour.
    • The code works, but I must refactor it before it is production quality.
  2. To rewrite existing text in order to improve its readability, reusability or structure without intentionally affecting its meaning. Similar to, but sometimes involving more extensive restructuring than, copy editing.
    • Two significant activities which to contribute to community projects, such as Wikipedia, are to refactor complicated articles into simpler ones, and to refactor duplicated content into reusable templates.

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Questions about refactored

What is refactored the simple past and past participle of?
Refactored is the simple past and past participle of refactor.

Words near refactored in the dictionary

  1. refaction
  2. refactor
  3. refactorability
  4. refactorable
  5. refactorbation
  6. refactored
  7. refactorer
  8. refactorers
  9. refactoring
  10. refactorings
  11. refactorisation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: refactored (page history and authors); refactor (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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