EGAVE

extern

About 0.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A person affiliated with an institution in a lesser capacity, for example, as a non-resident or as a part-time affiliate. A day-scholar.
  2. noun A day-scholar.
  3. noun Outward form or part; exterior.
  4. adjective External; outward; not inherent
  5. noun In the C and C++ programming languages, a variable that can be separately declared in many places, all of them referring to the same variable.

Similar words

medical extern specifier struct char honouring adjunct associate colleague friend bedfellow

Often followed by

int void char bool struct keyword unsigned double declaration

Word family

externe externes externs

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