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autonumber en · NOUN

Etymology

From auto- + number.

Meanings

  1. An automatically generated number.
    • Any autonumber has three parts: a fixed prefix, an incremental number, and a changing suffix. Prefixes have a maximum length of three and are used for all system-generated numbers for the selected record type. 2013, Dipankar Bhattacharya, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Cookbook:

Forms

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autonumbers Number=Plur lexicographic

autonumber en · VERB

Etymology

From auto- + number.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To number automatically.
    • Will it still autonumber the lines for me […] ? 2007, Andre Ben-Hamou, Practical Ruby for System Administration, page 102:

Forms

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autonumbering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
autonumbers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
autonumbered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
autonumbered Tense=Past lexicographic