Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

autodetect

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-tode-tect
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To detect automatically.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The computer failed to autodetect my new printer, so I had to install its software manually."
"system is in an un-failed state or an autodetected failed state"
"Alternatively, install Caldera Linux, which autodetects hardware better than any other Linux, or OpenBSD, which autodetects the best of the BSDs."
"If you have an existing working directory that is in your IDEA project's source path, and you've enabled CVS for your project, IDEA autodetects these CVS control folders and begins using version control for those files immediately."

Etymology

From auto- + detect.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: auto

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

autodetects (present, singular) autodetecting (participle, present) autodetected (participle, past) autodetected (past)

Frequently Paired Words

autodetection

Questions

What does autodetect mean?: To detect automatically.
Where does autodetect come from?: From auto- + detect.

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