Nested

adj, verb

adj, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of nest form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Embedded. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Successively fitted one inside another. not-comparable
  3. 3
    (Of a lexical item) contained within a dictionary entry as a subordinate term of the main headword. not-comparable

    "The "Terms" number is the total number of words and lexical phrases, including sub-headwords and other nested lexical items, but exclusive of variants."

Synonyms

All synonyms
a mass ofa world ofabideabiding placeabodeaddress

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"His code's readability drowned in a riptide of nested parentheses."

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nested class

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