Phrase guide
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Sound
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.
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verb
To temporarily disable (a portion of source code) by converting it into a comment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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Synonyms: comment out
Antonyms: none provided
History
From rem (a shortening of remark, used as a comment-marking keyword in some programming languages) + out.
