autocomplete
English edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
autocomplete (third-person singular simple present autocompletes, present participle autocompleting, simple past and past participle autocompleted)
Related terms edit
Translations edit
complete automatically
|
Noun edit
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.
Hyponyms edit
Translations edit
feature
|
See also edit
Further reading edit
- autocomplete on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Galician edit
Verb edit
autocomplete
- inflection of autocompletar:
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
autocomplete
- inflection of autocompletar:
Spanish edit
Verb edit
autocomplete
- inflection of autocompletar: