recomment

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verb

To convert (a portion of source code, configuration, etc.) back to a comment, so that it no longer takes effect.

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Meanings

verbrecomment (third-person singular simple present recomments, present participle recommenting, simple past and past participle recommented)

present singular third person recomments · participle present recommenting · participle past recommented · past recommented

  1. transitivecomputingTo convert (a portion of source code, configuration, etc.) back to a comment, so that it no longer takes effect.

    Once you have run the program, you can “recomment” the line back to the way it was.

    2015, Jack Purdum, Beginning C for Arduino, Second Edition
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    When all these things are done and the blank lines are removed (and the code recommented), we have […]

    1997, William B. Jones, Assembly Language for the IBM PC Family, page 586

Origin

From re- + comment.

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APA

recomment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recomment

MLA

“recomment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recomment. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recomment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recomment.

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