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tab complete

/ˌtæb kəmˈplit/

tab complete verb: to automatically complete a command in a command-line interface.

Verb

tab complete (third-person singular simple present tab completes, present participle tab completing, simple past and past participle tab completed)

  1. (transitive) to automatically complete a command in a command-line interface
    Synonyms:
    autocomplete

Synonyms of tab complete

Forms of tab complete

third-person singular presenttab completes
present participletab completing
past participletab completed
pasttab completed
alternative formtab-complete

Questions about tab complete

What does tab complete mean?
Tab complete means to automatically complete a command in a command-line interface.
What part of speech is tab complete?
Tab complete is a verb.
How do you pronounce tab complete?
Tab complete is pronounced /ˌtæb kəmˈplit/.
What is the past tense of tab complete?
The past tense of tab complete is tab completed.

Words near tab complete in the dictionary

  1. taarof
  2. taars
  3. taas
  4. Taastrup
  5. tab
  6. tab complete
  7. tab control
  8. tab controls
  9. tab index
  10. tab indexes
  11. tab indices

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