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autofit

autofit verb: to fit automatically by resizing.

Verb

autofit (third-person singular simple present autofits, present participle autofitting, simple past and past participle autofitted)

  1. (transitive) To fit automatically by resizing.
    • Another option is to autofit the row's height (or the column's width) to match its content. Autofitting eliminates empty space by matching the row height or column width to its tallest or longest cell entry.2010, Ann Shaffer, Patrick Carey, Kathleen T. Finnegan, New Perspectives on Microsoft Office 2010, First Course, page 17
    • In the following example, when you right-click a cell in column E, the current date and time are entered into that cell, and column E's width is autofitted[…]2013, Tom Urtis, Excel VBA 24-Hour Trainer, page 117

Forms of autofit

third-person singular presentautofits
present participleautofitting
past participleautofitted
pastautofitted

Origin of autofit

From auto- + fit.

Questions about autofit

What does autofit mean?
Autofit means to fit automatically by resizing.
What part of speech is autofit?
Autofit is a verb.
What is the past tense of autofit?
The past tense of autofit is autofitted.

Words near autofit in the dictionary

  1. autofire
  2. autofired
  3. autofires
  4. autofiring
  5. autofisting
  6. autofit
  7. autofits
  8. autofitted
  9. autofitting
  10. autofix
  11. autofixed

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