zeroed
zeroed is the simple past and past participle of zero.
Meaning of zero
Verb
zero (third-person singular simple present zeroes or zeros, present participle zeroing, simple past and past participle zeroed)
- To set some amount to be zero.
- They tried to zero the budget by the end of the quarter.
- To disappear or make something disappear.
- Traffic on the encrypted channels used by senior Iraqi generals had peaked and zeroed, then peaked again, and zeroed again.1997, Tom Clancy, Executive Orders, page 340
- To adjust until the variance is reduced to an acceptably low amount.
- The soldier took his gun to the shooting range to zero its aim.
Words formed from zeroed
Phrases with zeroed
Questions about zeroed
- What is zeroed the simple past and past participle of?
- Zeroed is the simple past and past participle of zero.
Words near zeroed in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: zeroed (page history and authors); zero (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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