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self-documenting

self-documenting adjective: written and structured in such a way that it can be understood without consulting separate documentation.

Adjective

self-documenting (not comparable)

  1. Written and structured in such a way that it can be understood without consulting separate documentation.

Questions about self-documenting

What does self-documenting mean?
Self-documenting means written and structured in such a way that it can be understood without consulting separate documentation.
What part of speech is self-documenting?
Self-documenting is an adjective.

Words near self-documenting in the dictionary

  1. self-distribute
  2. self-distributed
  3. self-distributes
  4. self-distributing
  5. self-distrust
  6. self-documenting
  7. self-domesticate
  8. self-domesticated
  9. self-domesticates
  10. self-domesticating
  11. self-domestication

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