Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

user-defined function

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English

Syllables: user-de-fined -func-tion
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A program or subroutine, provided by the user rather than being built into the system, that may return a value and may take input parameters.

Inflected Forms

user-defined functions (plural)

Phrases

predefined function

Frequently Paired Words

predefined function

Questions

What does user-defined function mean?: A program or subroutine, provided by the user rather than being built into the system, that may return a value and may take input parameters.

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