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uncommenting

uncommenting is the present participle and gerund of uncomment.

Meaning of uncomment

Verb

uncomment (third-person singular simple present uncomments, present participle uncommenting, simple past and past participle uncommented)

  1. (transitive) To convert (text that has been commented out) back into source code so that it will no longer be ignored by the compiler or interpreter.
    Antonyms:
    comment, comment out
  2. (transitive) To remove textual comments from (source code or other documents).
    Synonyms:
    annotate
    Antonyms:
    comment

Questions about uncommenting

What is uncommenting the present participle and gerund of?
Uncommenting is the present participle and gerund of uncomment.

Words near uncommenting in the dictionary

  1. uncommensurably
  2. uncommensurate
  3. uncomment
  4. uncommentable
  5. uncommented
  6. uncommenting
  7. uncomments
  8. uncommerciable
  9. uncommercial
  10. uncommercialized
  11. uncommercially

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uncommenting (page history and authors); uncomment (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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