autosuggest

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noun

Any feature that makes automatic suggestions to the user.

“I typed "xary" and the spell checker autosuggested "X-ray".”

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounautosuggest (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputingAny feature that makes automatic suggestions to the user.

    Alternatively, an Amazon-like interface filters the list of molecules by specifying type (Nuclear receptor, coregulator, ligand) or by typing GO Terms or Diseases in autosuggest text boxes.

    2015 September 2, “Nuclear Receptor Signaling Atlas: Opening Access to the Biology of Nuclear Receptor Signaling Pathways”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
verbautosuggest (third-person singular simple present autosuggests, present participle autosuggesting, simple past and past participle autosuggested)

present singular third person autosuggests · participle present autosuggesting · participle past autosuggested · past autosuggested

  1. human sciencesTo suggest to oneself.
  2. transitivecomputingTo suggest automatically.

    I typed "xary" and the spell checker autosuggested "X-ray".

Origin

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APA

autosuggest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autosuggest

MLA

“autosuggest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autosuggest. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autosuggest,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autosuggest.

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