Autosuggest

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any feature that makes automatic suggestions to the user. uncountable

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    To suggest to oneself.
  2. 2
    To suggest automatically. transitive

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

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From auto- + suggest.

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