autocall

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verb

To automatically call.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

verbautocall (third-person singular simple present autocalls, present participle autocalling, simple past and past participle autocalled)

present singular third person autocalls · participle present autocalling · participle past autocalled · past autocalled · alternative auto-call · alternative auto call

  1. transitiveTo automatically call.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tó-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  5. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  6. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  7. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  8. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*mn̥tós
  11. Proto-Hellenic*mətós
  12. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos)
  13. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)
  14. Classical Latinautomatum
  15. New Latinautomaticus
  16. Englishautomaticclip.
  17. Englishauto-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*gels-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*golsos
  20. Proto-Germanic*kalzaz
  21. Proto-Germanic*kalzōną
  22. Proto-West Germanic*kalʀōn
  23. Old Englishceallian
  24. Old English*callian
  25. Middle Englishcallen
  26. Englishcall
  27. Englishautocall

From auto- + call.

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APA

autocall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autocall

MLA

“autocall.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autocall. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autocall,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autocall.

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