auto-complete
noun
au·to-com·plete
ˈȯ-(ˌ)tō-kəm-ˈplēt 
variants
or autocomplete
: a feature found in many computer programs (such as those used for data entry, email editing, Internet searches, or word processing) that attempts to predict and automatically complete the current word or phrase as it is being entered by the program's user
Examples of auto-complete in a Sentence
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Make sure customers can search by category, SKU or use-case, and consider adding an auto-complete function to quickly populate the search box with product suggestions as a user starts to type.
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Yoav Kutner, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
The company wanted systems that could churn out humanlike responses—to auto-complete sentences in emails or create relatively simple customer service chatbots.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
In the case of our magic auto-complete, a more correct answer means output text that is more likely to follow the input.
—Haomiao Huang, Ars Technica, 23 Aug. 2023
Further improvements to the user interface—including the kind of auto-complete software that’s standard on smartphones—should boost performance dramatically.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Feb. 2017
In May 2021, GitHub, a subsidiary of Microsoft, launched Copilot, a plug-in for coding programs that auto-completes sections of code based on the first line or a comment typed by the user.
—Will Knight, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2023
GitHub, a coding platform owned by Microsoft that is popular among developers, will also add Aptos’s programming language, Move, into Copilot, an A.I. model that auto-completes code for developers.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune Crypto, 9 Aug. 2023
Wilson said most campaigns will be using AI in mundane ways, such as helping auto-complete e-mails and generate first drafts of news releases.
—Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2023
Google’s auto-complete suggestions in Gmail, for example, have been found to express a more positive sentiment overall than what many people would naturally express if left to simply write on their own.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 16 May 2023
Yoav Kutner, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
The company wanted systems that could churn out humanlike responses—to auto-complete sentences in emails or create relatively simple customer service chatbots.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
In the case of our magic auto-complete, a more correct answer means output text that is more likely to follow the input.
—Haomiao Huang, Ars Technica, 23 Aug. 2023
Further improvements to the user interface—including the kind of auto-complete software that’s standard on smartphones—should boost performance dramatically.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Feb. 2017
In May 2021, GitHub, a subsidiary of Microsoft, launched Copilot, a plug-in for coding programs that auto-completes sections of code based on the first line or a comment typed by the user.
—Will Knight, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2023
GitHub, a coding platform owned by Microsoft that is popular among developers, will also add Aptos’s programming language, Move, into Copilot, an A.I. model that auto-completes code for developers.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune Crypto, 9 Aug. 2023
Wilson said most campaigns will be using AI in mundane ways, such as helping auto-complete e-mails and generate first drafts of news releases.
—Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2023
Google’s auto-complete suggestions in Gmail, for example, have been found to express a more positive sentiment overall than what many people would naturally express if left to simply write on their own.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 16 May 2023
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“Auto-complete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auto-complete. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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