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📝 To fill in advance 📝 An automatic entry
to prefill

to prefill

1 3.7
To automatically fill a form or field with information before someone types
  • verb
  • /ˈpriːfɪl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : rellenar automáticamente
  • Both devices are supplied in prefilled syringes, while Hyalgan is also available in vials.
  • a prefilled table

Examples

  • And when I have to travel with prefilled syringes of medicine that have to stay cold ...

    Blog text (18)

  • Prefilled Table Table 3 Mean Scores, Standard Deviations, and t Values for Fathers' Involvement.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Prefilled Table 2: Mean Responses to Punitiveness and Locus of Control Items as a Function of the Free Will-Determinism Factors.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Perceptual Disgust Elicitors Classified by Mode of Perception. Prefilled Table 2.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The vaccine is available as a sterile suspension for injection in a single-dose vial or a prefilled syringe.

    Blog text (15)

  • We use a combination of 1:80,000 epinephrine and 2% lidocaine in prefilled vials mounted on a dental syringe holder.

    Academic text (2009)

  • The online form will prefill your name and address based on your previous entries.

  • At the clinic, they will prefill the medical forms to save you time during your appointment.

  • The application automatically prefills the fields with your saved information when you log in.

Synonyms

to fill out
vsto prefill
  • US
261 1.6

To write all the needed information on a form

fills something in advance often automatically rather than through manual completion
to fill in
vsto prefill
  • UK
59 1.9

Write the information asked for on a form

is done earlier, often automatically instead of by manual writing
to populate
vsto prefill
  • Specialized
15 4.9

Fill a database or form with data by adding records

fills things in advance and is not limited to programmatic database actions
to autofill
vsto prefill
  • Specialized
3.6

To automatically fill a form field with saved information

fills something in advance often without using stored personal entries

Antonyms

to empty
179 1.0

To remove everything from a container or place

How Complete

to autofill
  • Specialized
3.6
to prefill
  • Specialized
1 3.7
to populate
  • Specialized
15 4.9

Surface Forms

prefill infinitive
prefilled past
prefilled past participle
prefilling present participle
prefills third person singular

Morphology

prefill = fill (transparent) = pre + fill

Adding 'pre-' to 'fill' gives the straightforward meaning 'fill in advance'.

Etymology

Prefill comes from the prefix pre- meaning 'before' and the word fill meaning 'make full', similar to preheat where pre- means 'before'. To prefill something is to put information into it 'before' the user types, often to save time.