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autocorrect

The English word “autocorrect” has 2 meanings listed here.

verb

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

noun

  1. A software feature that attempts to correct presumed errors as soon as they are generated.

Etymology

From auto- + correct.

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