autocorrect

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To make an autocorrection

   To make an autocorrection; to correct something automatically.

   • In [16], motion-free MR brain (Figure 2a) image was corrupted with motion artifacts and the resulting image (Figure 2b) was autocorrected to fix the motion artifacts.
   • But the good news is that it autocorrects all of your subcommunications.
   • The computer usually defaults to autocorrecting certain spellings and capitalising first words of sentences.
2. 2

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

   • Anthony Bourdain would have hated that autocorrect turns his name into Boursin, a bland cheese with zero culinary credibility.

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