ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Nested

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Nested is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of nest.

Meaning

simple past and past participle of nest.

More Meanings

  1. Embedded.
  2. Successively fitted one inside another.
  3. (lexicography) (Of a lexical item) contained within a dictionary entry as a subordinate term of the main headword.

Example Sentences

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

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include imbricated, intertwined, interlace, interrelated, settled, embedded.

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