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au·to·com·plete / ˌôtōkəmˈplēt/ Comput. • n. a software function that gives users the option of completing words or forms by a shorthand method on the basis of what has been typed before.• v. [tr.] complete (a word or form) in this way.DERIVATIVES: au·to·com·ple·tion n. / -kəmˈplēshən/

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