Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. computing To complete automatically.
Etymologies
- auto- + complete (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Similarly, getting used to the one-word autocomplete using tab takes a minute-but just like many programs that keep your hands on the keyboard (such as Quicksilver or Launchy), after just a bit of initiation, you'll find that sifting through files becomes extremely fast and easy.”
“Today, Yahoo t urned on a local component to its keyword autocomplete feature.”
“Fixed issues with @username autocomplete placement”
“Arabic on-screen keyboard, regional settings, word autocomplete function, etc.”
“Similarly, getting used to the one-word autocomplete using tab takes a minute — but just like many programs that keep your hands on the keyboard such as Quicksilver or Launchy, after just a bit of initiation, you’ll find that sifting through files becomes extremely fast and easy.”
Listary Sifts Through Files With Powerful Search Hotkeys | Lifehacker Australia
“Seemingly under pressure from the entertainment industry, Google has begun blocking certain piracy-related search terms from showing up in its "autocomplete" and "instant" search features.”
“An information leak may be quite simply a case of attaching the wrong file to an email, or sending it to the wrong person - who hasn't inadvertently used the 'autocomplete' feature in their email client, and sent a document off to the wrong 'Sarah' or the wrong 'Graham'?”
“Once enter is hit then it will "autocomplete" the rest and finish what you started so what you end up on your notepad is "South America".”
“My favorite google autocomplete has to be "i like" the first result is amazing”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘autocomplete’.
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Awesome Pronunciations
BRING IT ON!!!!!
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My Little Phonies
Names for the next generation of My Little Ponies. Inspired by Star's list.
juggernaught, flamboyant, cuddly maggot, astrobleme, agroof, windburn, poshlost, crucifer, feedbag, dunderwhelp, nebelwerfer, bliss ninny and 453 more...
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some words
phatic, macerate, amanuenses, theophagy, seraglio, gloaming, geophagy, metaphone, anastrophe, neologism, tetragrammaton, bête noire and 568 more...
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Meta
Because in this crazy place, technical feedback on site bugs goes on the page for the word 'bugs'. See also Meta Squared, plethora's list of meta lists.
bugs, features, mobile, wordie, wordnet, madeupical, tagging, merch, weirdnet, tag, meta, search and 83 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for autocomplete.
PossibleUnderscore Yay! Awesome pronunciation uselessness. Dec 4, 2009
reesetee I seem to remember going through the same changes on Wordie. :-) Thanks, John. Dec 1, 2009
chained_bear cool. maybe someday I'll have time to mess with it. Nov 30, 2009
john Autocomplete has been rejiggered along the lines mollusque suggested—unless you choose an item off the list, it should behave like a regular search box. Nov 30, 2009
gangerh I've renamed my enter key. I now call it autotruncate key. Nov 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore That sounds good. Nov 29, 2009
mollusque It just needs to be rejiggered so that only the letters typed are entered unless one chooses one of the other items on the list of suggestions. Nov 29, 2009
pollyanna I think autocomplete should be turned on/off based on personal user preferences.
I can see how for some it could be useful, but I hate it. It keeps interfering with my word look-ups and I have to re-search several times to get there. Nov 29, 2009
rolig I would vote for doing away with autocomplete entirely. It's really annoying. Nov 29, 2009
PossibleUnderscore I thought that was only my machine. I was trying to search pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis and got it wrong 5 times before I gave up...all thanks to the autocomplete (more auto, less complete.)
hehheh. Powered by blipper indeed! Nov 28, 2009
Prolagus Powered by blipper. Nov 28, 2009
bilby The autocompl
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version of sam Nov 28, 2009
vanishedone The Wordnik autocomplete is another part of the site that ignores strings in the database that contain whitespace, isn't it? All those fascinating pages, not so much hidden as brushed quietly out of ready view... Nov 28, 2009
milosrdenstvi The thought gives paws to all who ponder... Sep 26, 2008
reesetee Well, it's too late now. The paws are out of the bag. Go on and--
Wait. You already did. Sep 26, 2008
chained_bear *ponders whether to add "may have paws" to the Reesetee list* Sep 26, 2008
mollusque Yes, you are. Sep 26, 2008
reesetee I don't know. Am I? Sep 26, 2008
chained_bear Reesetee... are you saying you have paws? Sep 26, 2008
reesetee So we agree then. Let's shake paws. Sep 26, 2008
chained_bear Yes, that's what I said was a grand idea. (I said earlier that I didn't like it on the main page.) Sep 26, 2008
reesetee Good idea, mollusque! You've reminded me of why I liked it in the first place. Also, your describing exactly what I might do with it, using a specific list name, frightens me. In a good way. :-) Sep 26, 2008
mollusque Prolagus and c_b, that's why I propose putting it off to the side rather than in the main word search function. Sep 26, 2008
Prolagus John's opinion, from features:
Mollusque, I did turn off autocomplete. It uses up a lot of server juice, and traffic has been climbing lately, so I needed to lighten the load to keep things responsive. Wildcarding would be nice -- someday I hope to revisit search.
I was not a fan of autocomplete. But maybe having it under "more searches" could be a good idea... Sep 25, 2008
chained_bear Mollusque, that's a grand idea!
But didn't John say that it was taking up a lot of space and/or slowing stuff down? I don't recall exactly... Sep 25, 2008
mollusque I wish we had autocomplete as one of the options under more searches. It was great for finding patterns. Just think, reesetee, you could type in "ferous" and see what might be added to Carry Me Home. Sep 25, 2008
reesetee I've changed my mind since 11 months ago. May it never darken my screen again. Sep 25, 2008
chained_bear Ooh, I remember those dark days. It was handy in some instances, but mostly it thwarted my intentions by annoyingly selecting something off the list rather than what I typed. And I hit "enter" too fast to thwart it back. There wasn't enough thwarting going on, basically... Anyway I'd be happy if it stayed away. My $.02. Sep 25, 2008
vanishedone Oddocomplete has now been gone for five months (see features). Campaign for its reinstatement here, unless you don't want to. Sep 25, 2008
reesetee Saw it! Love it! Thanks! Oct 15, 2007
john A feature of desktop and, through the use of ajax, web applications, where possible results are suggested as you type.
Which Wordie now has, in the upper-right-hand search box. Oct 15, 2007