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currying

USKUR-ee-ing/ˈkɝɹi.ɪŋ/UKKU-ree-ing/ˈkʌɹi.ɪŋ/

Noun pluralcurryings

2 meanings of currying

Practice

  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of curry. Use this form for an action happening now or for the activity itself.

    She is currying the vegetables in a big pot on the stove.

    Currying the horses takes him most of the morning.

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  2. 2
    nouncountable or uncountable
    A way of turning a function that needs several inputs into a chain of functions that each take just one.

    Like filling in a form one box at a time instead of all at once.

    Currying lets you fill in one argument at a time.

    The tutorial explained currying with a very simple example.

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currying is a form of curry

curry, verb: To try to gain someone's approval by flattering them. Full entry

Forms
currycurries he/she/itcurrying -ing formcurried past tense, past participle
Spelling
curry → currying: add -ing

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Origin

It is named after Haskell Curry, an American mathematician.