autocomplete
English
Etymology
auto- + complete
Verb
autocomplete (third-person singular simple present autocompletes, present participle autocompleting, simple past and past participle autocompleted)
- (computing) To complete automatically.
Related terms
- autocompletion
Translations
complete automatically
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Noun
autocomplete (uncountable)
- (computing) A software feature that predicts the rest of a word a user is typing.
- 2019, Gretchen McCulloch, chapter 2, in Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language, Riverhead Books, →ISBN:
- Tools like spellcheck, autocomplete, and speech-to-text impose someone's ideas of the rules of English automatically—invisible authorities that we can defy but not avoid.
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Synonyms
- find as you type
- search as you type
Translations
feature
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See also
- autocorrect
Further reading
- autocomplete on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Spanish
Verb
autocomplete
- inflection of autocompletar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative