Meanings
verbtab complete (third-person singular simple present tab completes, present participle tab completing, simple past and past participle tab completed)
present singular third person tab completes · participle present tab completing · participle past tab completed · past tab completed · alternative tab-complete
- transitivecomputingto automatically complete a command in a command-line interface
Synonyms: autocomplete
Synonyms & antonyms
verbto automatically complete a command in a command-line interface
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tab complete. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tab%20complete
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“tab complete.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tab%20complete. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tab complete,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tab%20complete.
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