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verb · transitive

autobox

autobox · autoboxes · autoboxed · autoboxing

To box automaticallyTo box (a value) automatically (map a primitive data item to a complex object).

Meaning

1 senses

To box (a value) automatically (map a primitive data item to a complex object).

Origin

From auto- + box.

From auto- + box.

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Forms

autoboxes, autoboxing, autoboxed, autoboxed

Base form	autobox · to autobox
3rd person singular	autoboxes
Present participle	autoboxing
Past simple	autoboxed
Past participle	autoboxed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	autobox
he, she, it	autoboxes

Past simpleLesson

all persons

autoboxed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have autoboxed
he, she, it	has autoboxed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will autobox

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

auto autobahn autobiographical autobiography autocracy autocrat autodidact

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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