placeholding

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adjective

Serving as a placeholder.

“These placeholding symbols in the text will be replaced later on.”

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Meanings

adjectiveplaceholding (not comparable)
  1. not comparableServing as a placeholder.

    These placeholding symbols in the text will be replaced later on.

Origin

From place + holding.

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Cite this entry
APA

placeholding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/placeholding

MLA

“placeholding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/placeholding. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “placeholding,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/placeholding.

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