| English Dictionary |
DEBUG (debugged, debugging)
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Irregular inflected forms: debugged , debugging
, debugging Dictionary entry overview: What does debug mean?
• DEBUG (verb)
The verb DEBUG has 1 sense:
1. locate and correct errors in a computer program code
Familiarity information: DEBUG used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they debug ... he / she / it debugs
Past simple: debugged
Past participle: debugged
-ing form: debugging
... he / she / it debugs Past simple: debugged
Past participle: debugged
-ing form: debugging
Sense 1
Meaning:
Locate and correct errors in a computer program code
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
debug this program
Hypernyms (to "debug" is one way to...):
correct; rectify; right (make right or correct)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
debugger (a program that helps in locating and correcting programming errors)
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