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🔢 Set to increase 🔢 To increase automatically 🔢 Automatic increase
to autoincrement

to autoincrement

1 7.3
To increase a unique number automatically each time someone adds a new record
  • verb
  • /ˌɔːtoʊˈɪnkrəˌmɛnt/
  • Specialized
: autoincrementar
  • The database will autoincrement the order number each time a new product is added.

Examples

  • Assuming that id is an integer and autoincremented by the DB, then the id fields probably increase with every new question, and you can use this approach:

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  • To ensure unique identifiers, the database is set to autoincrement the user ID for each new signup.

  • When you create a new record, the system will autoincrement the primary key field automatically.

Synonyms

to increment
vsto autoincrement
1 3.7

To increase something by a fixed amount in steps

increases values automatically without manual input
to incr
vsto autoincrement
  • Specialized
1 8.8

To add one to a number in a computer program

increases values automatically without manual input

Surface Forms

autoincrement infinitive
autoincremented past
autoincremented past participle
autoincrementing present participle
autoincrements third person singular

Morphology

autoincrement = increment (transparent) = auto + increment

The verb is formed transparently by adding 'auto-' to 'increment', yielding the sense of increasing automatically.

Etymology

Autoincrement combines auto- ('self' or 'automatic') and increment ('increase'), so as a verb it means to 'increase' a number by itself, for example when a system adds one to an ID each time a new item is added.