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autowrap

autowrap verb: to wrap (e.g. text) automatically.

Verb

autowrap (third-person singular simple present autowraps, present participle autowrapping, simple past and past participle autowrapped)

  1. (ergative) To wrap (e.g. text) automatically.
    • The segmentation into paragraphs allows autoflowing and autowrapping of lines inside of paragraphs[…]1996, Roland Wagner, Helmut Thoma, Database and Expert Systems Applications: 7th International Computer Science Symposium, page 892
    • For a historical database, you may wish to have the log autowrap which allows the log to overwrite itself, whereas you would not want the log for a database that tracks important information to autowrap.2003, Rick Sawtell, Joseph L. Jorden, Lance Mortensen, McSa/MCSE/MCDBA: SQL Server 2000 Administration Study Guide, page 56

Noun

autowrap (uncountable)

  1. An automatic wrapping feature.

Forms of autowrap

third-person singular presentautowraps
present participleautowrapping
past participleautowrapped
pastautowrapped

Origin of autowrap

From auto- + wrap.

Questions about autowrap

What does autowrap mean?
Autowrap means to wrap (e.g. text) automatically.
What part of speech is autowrap?
Autowrap can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of autowrap?
The past tense of autowrap is autowrapped.

Words near autowrap in the dictionary

  1. autowires
  2. autowiring
  3. autoworker
  4. autoworkers
  5. autowound
  6. autowrap
  7. autowrapped
  8. autowrapping
  9. autowraps
  10. autoxenous
  11. autoxidation

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