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单词 autocorrect
释义

AutoCorrect

or au·to·cor·rect, Au·to·cor·rect

[ aw-toh-kuh-rekt ]
/ ˌɔ toʊ kəˈrɛkt /

noun Computers.

a software feature that automatically replaces a word in a word-processed document, text message, spreadsheet, or search box, or suggests an alternative word, if the word does not appear in a built-in dictionary.

verb (used with or without object) Computers.

to correct by use of this built-in dictionary: I typed ‘foluw’, and it autocorrected to ‘follow’.

Origin of AutoCorrect

First recorded in 1985–90; auto(matic) + correct

OTHER WORDS FROM AutoCorrect

au·to·cor·rec·tion, noun

Words nearby AutoCorrect

autoclave, autocoid, autocollimation, autocollimator, autocomplete, AutoCorrect, autocorrelation, auto court, autocracy, autocrat, autocratic
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for AutoCorrect

  • Note that the software in question is slightly different from autocorrect.

    The Apple ‘Kill List’: What Your iPhone Doesn’t Want You to Type|Michael Keller|July 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
  • With autocorrect, a user types a word, and halfway through the software will guess at what it thinks the person means.

    The Apple ‘Kill List’: What Your iPhone Doesn’t Want You to Type|Michael Keller|July 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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