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autofill

autofill noun: any software feature that fills in (fields of a form, cells of a spreadsheet, etc.) automatically.

Noun

autofill (uncountable)

  1. Any software feature that fills in (fields of a form, cells of a spreadsheet, etc.) automatically.

Verb

autofill (third-person singular simple present autofills, present participle autofilling, simple past and past participle autofilled)

  1. To fill by autofill.
    • If you type in "couns", it autofills to "counseling".

Forms of autofill

third-person singular presentautofills
present participleautofilling
past participleautofilled
pastautofilled

Origin of autofill

From auto- + fill.

Questions about autofill

What does autofill mean?
Autofill means any software feature that fills in (fields of a form, cells of a spreadsheet, etc.) automatically.
What part of speech is autofill?
Autofill can be a noun or a verb.

Words near autofill in the dictionary

  1. autofiction
  2. autofictional
  3. autofictionist
  4. autofictionists
  5. autofictions
  6. autofill
  7. autofilled
  8. autofilling
  9. autofills
  10. autofiltration
  11. autofire

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