autorespond

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verb

To respond automatically.

“Whenever a new user joins, a bot will autorespond with a welcome message.”

OriginEnglish respond ← New Latin automaticus ← Classical Latin automatum →
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Meanings

verbautorespond (third-person singular simple present autoresponds, present participle autoresponding, simple past and past participle autoresponded)

present singular third person autoresponds · participle present autoresponding · participle past autoresponded · past autoresponded

  1. intransitivecomputingTo respond automatically.

    Whenever a new user joins, a bot will autorespond with a welcome message.

    1 more example

    SpaceX and X, formerly Twitter, did not immediately respond to a series of questions about Musk’s announcement on Tuesday, however an email sent to X autoresponded, “Busy now, please check back later.”

    2024 July 16, Gillian Brassil and Nicole Nixon, “Elon Musk says he’ll move X & SpaceX headquarters from California to Texas. Here’s why”, in The Sacramento Bee, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2024

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. Englishrespond
  19. Englishautorespond

From auto- + respond.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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