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subclassed

subclassed is the simple past and past participle of subclass.

Meaning of subclass

Verb

subclass (third-person singular simple present subclasses, present participle subclassing, simple past and past participle subclassed)

  1. (transitive) (in object-oriented programming) To create a subclass of (some class).
    • I subclassed the Button class to create a more specialised FancyButton class for my user interface.
  2. (transitive) To cause (an object) to act as an instance of a subclass (by creating the desired subclass and instantiating an object of this subclass).
    • Since Windows knows about these events, your application should be able to know about them as well. In order to accomplish this, subclass the window of a form or control, intercepting all of its events.2000, James D. Foxall, MCSD in a Nutshell: The Visual Basic Exams, page 93

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Questions about subclassed

What is subclassed the simple past and past participle of?
Subclassed is the simple past and past participle of subclass.

Words near subclassed in the dictionary

  1. subclaims
  2. subclan
  3. subclans
  4. subclass
  5. subclassable
  6. subclassed
  7. subclasser
  8. subclassers
  9. subclasses
  10. subclassification
  11. subclassifications

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