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whitelisting

whitelisting is the present participle and gerund of whitelist.

Meaning of whitelist

Verb

whitelist (third-person singular simple present whitelists, present participle whitelisting, simple past and past participle whitelisted)

  1. (transitive) To place on a whitelist; to mark or note a person or entity as trustworthy or acceptable.
    • The email program allows you to whitelist email from known sources.

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Questions about whitelisting

What is whitelisting the present participle and gerund of?
Whitelisting is the present participle and gerund of whitelist.

Words near whitelisting in the dictionary

  1. whitelimes
  2. whiteliming
  3. whitelip
  4. whitelist
  5. whitelisted
  6. whitelisting
  7. whitelists
  8. Whitelock
  9. Whitelocks
  10. Whitelow
  11. Whitelows

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whitelisting (page history and authors); whitelist (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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