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debugging

noun · verb · 2 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.

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  • /diːˈbʌɡɪŋ/
  • CMU ARPABET: D IY0 B AH1 G IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of debug

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 調試 /调试 (tiáoshì) — the process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system
  • Esperanto: ĝustigo — the process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system
  • Finnish: virheenkorjaus — the process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system
  • French: débuggage — the process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system
  • French: débogage — the process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system
  • German: Debugging — the process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system
  • German: Debuggen — the process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system
  • Hungarian: hibakeresés — the process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system
  • Hungarian: hibaelhárítás — the process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system
  • Japanese: デバッグ (debaggu) — the process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system
  • Korean: 디버그 (dibeogeu) — the process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system
  • Macedonian: дебагирање (debagiranje) — the process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system
  • Malay: nyahpepijat — the process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system
  • Persian: لغزبریدن — the process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system
  • Persian: لغزعاردن — the process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system
  • Polish: debugowanie — the process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system
  • Polish: odpluskwianie — the process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system
  • Portuguese: depuração — the process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system
  • Russian: отла́дка (otládka) — the process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system
  • Spanish: depuración — the process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system
  • Ukrainian: нала́годження (naláhodžennja) — the process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system