comment out

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comment out

verb comments out · commenting out · commented out

  1. transitive To disable a section of source code by converting it into a comment. If you do not want to run this line of code, just comment it out!

    Similar: comment, commentize, rem out

Opposite: uncomment

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verb

Opposite: uncomment

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verb disable a section of source code

Españolcomentar
日本語コメントアウトする komento auto suru
中文註解排除 /注解排除 zhùjiě páichú
Portuguêscomentar
Françaiscommenter
Deutschauskommentieren
Русскийзакомменти́ровать zakommentírovatʹ
Tiếng Việtđưa vào chú thích

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@misc{comment_out_2026,
  title = {comment out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/comment%20out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}