autocomplete en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *autós Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón) Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-) Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós Proto-Hellenic *mətós Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos) Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)der. Classical Latin automatum New Latin automaticusbor. English automaticclip. English auto- English complete English autocomplete From auto- + complete.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A software feature that predicts the rest of a word a user is typing.
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.
2019, Gretchen McCulloch, chapter 2, in Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language, Riverhead Books, →ISBN:
Hyponyms
find as you type · predictive text · search as you type
Relateds
Translations (11)
es autocompletado (feature) · el αυτοσυμπλήρωση (feature) · it completare automaticamente (feature) · de Autovervollständigung (feature) · fr autocomplétion (feature) · gl autocompletado (feature) · ru автодополнение (feature) · cmn 自動完成 /自动完成 (feature) · sv prediktiv textinmatning (feature) · fi automaattinen täyttö (feature) · de Textvervollständigung (feature)