Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

virtual method

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables: vir-tu-al method
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A method whose behavior can be overridden within an inheriting class by a method with the same signature.

Inflected Forms

virtual methods (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

vtable virtual class

Synonyms

virtual function

Questions

What does virtual method mean?: A method whose behavior can be overridden within an inheriting class by a method with the same signature.

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