Prepopulate

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To populate (form fields, a database, etc.) in advance. transitive

    "However, in addition to disabling the billing fields, we are also prepopulating them with data from the shipping fields."

Example

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"However, in addition to disabling the billing fields, we are also prepopulating them with data from the shipping fields."

Etymology

From pre- + populate.

Related phrases

in advance

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