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hoisting en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhɔɪstɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. The act by which something is hoisted.
    • The Madras government allowed flag hoistings in particular circumstances[…] 2007, Lisa N. Trivedi, Clothing Gandhi's Nation: Homespun and Modern India:
    • Hoisting, derricking, slewing, and travelling are by means of independent 600-volt motors through reduction gearing. 1956 May, “London Transport Diesel-Electric Cranes”, in Railway Magazine, page 337:
  2. The behaviour of JavaScript syntax which allows variables to be used before they are declared.

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Relateds

block · temporal dead zone · scope

hoisting en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhɔɪstɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of hoist
    form of hoist