Meanings
verbcomment out (third-person singular simple present comments out, present participle commenting out, simple past and past participle commented out)
present singular third person comments out · participle present commenting out · participle past commented out · past commented out
- transitivecomputingTo 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!
Synonyms: comment, commentize, rem out
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo disable a section of source code by converting it into a comment.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 註解排除 /注解排除
- 註解排除 /注解排除 (zhùjiě páichú)disable a section of source code
Czech zakomentovat
- zakomentovatdisable a section of source code
Danish udkommentere
- udkommenteredisable a section of source code
Dutch uitcommentariëren
- uitcommentariërendisable a section of source code
Esperanto forkomenti, forkomentarigi
- forkomentidisable a section of source code
- forkomentarigidisable a section of source code
Finnish muuttaa kommentiksi
- muuttaa kommentiksidisable a section of source code
French commenter
- commenterdisable a section of source code
German auskommentieren
- auskommentierendisable a section of source code
Japanese コメントアウトする
- コメントアウトする (komento auto suru)disable a section of source code
Polish zakomentować, wykomentować
- zakomentowaćdisable a section of source code
- wykomentowaćdisable a section of source code
Portuguese comentar
- comentardisable a section of source code
Russian закомменти́ровать
- закомменти́ровать (zakommentírovatʹ)disable a section of source code
Slovak zakomentovať
- zakomentovaťdisable a section of source code
Spanish comentar
- comentardisable a section of source code
Vietnamese đưa vào chú thích
- đưa vào chú thíchdisable a section of source code
Cite this entry
APA
comment out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comment%20out
MLA
“comment out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comment%20out. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “comment out,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comment%20out.
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