Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fire and forget

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.86 in modern English

Syllables: fire and -for-get
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of missile guidance system which does not require further control after launch, and can hit its target without the launcher being in line of sight of the target.

Uncountable

noun

The practice of transmitting or raising something, such as an event, and then proceeding without checking for any result or response.

Uncountable

adj

Not requiring further control, feedback, or response after an initial action, launch, etc.

Example Sentences

"An event aggregator facilitates a fire-and-forget model of communication. The object triggering the event doesn't care if there are any subscribers. It just fires the event and moves on. A mediator, though, might use events to make decisions, but it is definitely not fire and forget."
"Post is a “fire and forget” where the UI thread work is performed asynchronously; Send is synchronous in that the call blocks until the UI thread work has been performed."

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

set-and-forget

Frequently Paired Words

set-and-forget

Questions

What does fire and forget mean?: A kind of missile guidance system which does not require further control after launch, and can hit its target without the launcher being in line of sight of the target.

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