Meaning

1 senses

  1. To make an autocorrection; to correct something automatically.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. I am so single that even my phone autocorrects ‘dating’ to ‘eating’.

    ruЯ настолько одинок, что даже мой телефон автоматически исправляет «свидание» на «еду». — dimitris

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · dimitris · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. The email editor incorrectly autocorrected the word "Nadya" to "Nadia".

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · DostKaplan · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. Autocorrect? More like autoincorrect.

    deAutokorrektur? Wohl eher Autoinkorrektur. — Naina

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · nickyeow · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

From auto- + correct.

From auto- + correct.

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Forms

autocorrects, autocorrecting, autocorrected, autocorrected
Base formautocorrect · to autocorrect
3rd person singularautocorrects
Present participleautocorrecting
Past simpleautocorrected
Past participleautocorrected

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyautocorrect
he, she, itautocorrects

Past simpleLesson

all personsautocorrected

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave autocorrected
he, she, ithas autocorrected

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill autocorrect

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
autoautobahnautobiographicalautobiographyautocracyautocratautocraticautodidact
autocorrect — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto