autocomplete

[aw-toh-kuhm-pleet]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

autocompleted, autocompleting

to complete (a sequence of characters) in a text field in a digital document or app.
Why would this library app autocomplete a book’s title if they don’t have it?!
sometimes used interchangeably with autofill.

noun

a feature of a messaging app, word processor, email program, web browser, etc., that automatically predicts the remaining characters in a word or phrase based on what has been typed or input before.
Using autocomplete makes typing on my phone’s tiny keyboard so much faster.

Discover More

Other Word Forms

autocompletion noun

Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of autocomplete¹

First recorded in 1990–95; auto- ³ ( def. ) + complete ( def. )

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

The country's biggest search engine, Naver, has disabled autocomplete and related search suggestions for candidates, as it usually does during election season.

From

"It's largely a glorified autocomplete, but it is very good," he says.

From

Harris was on-hand to take part in the outlet's “Autocomplete Interviews” series, in which celebs respond to popular search queries that follow their name.

From

In the coming months, GitHub also will let engineers use their employer’s own codebase to help autocomplete programs they’re working on, Dohmke said.

From

We take editing tools such as spell-check and autocomplete and predictive texting for granted.

From

autocollimator AutoCorrect

Browse