Phrase guide

comment out

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To disable a section of source code by converting it into a comment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

Examples

  • If you do not want to run this line of code, just comment it out!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 註解排除 /注解排除 (zhùjiě páichú) — disable a section of source code
  • Czech: zakomentovat — disable a section of source code
  • Danish: udkommentere — disable a section of source code
  • Dutch: uitcommentariëren — disable a section of source code
  • Esperanto: forkomenti — disable a section of source code
  • Esperanto: forkomentarigi — disable a section of source code
  • Finnish: muuttaa kommentiksi — disable a section of source code
  • French: commenter — disable a section of source code
  • German: auskommentieren — disable a section of source code
  • Japanese: コメントアウトする (komento auto suru) — disable a section of source code
  • Polish: zakomentować — disable a section of source code
  • Polish: wykomentować — disable a section of source code
  • Portuguese: comentar — disable a section of source code
  • Russian: закомменти́ровать (zakommentírovatʹ) — disable a section of source code
  • Slovak: zakomentovať — disable a section of source code
  • Spanish: comentar — disable a section of source code
  • Vietnamese: đưa vào chú thích — disable a section of source code