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Derefer

Part of speech: verb

Sense: to retrieve the value associated with a reference or pointer.

Usage:

1. Programming: In computer programming, when you derefer a pointer, you access the value that the pointer is pointing to.
2. Web development: Dereferencing a variable allows you to access and manipulate the data it represents.

Sample sentences:

1. In C++, you can derefer a pointer by using the * operator.
2. Make sure to derefer the variable before performing any operations on it.

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