autorespond

English

Etymology

From auto- +‎ respond.

Pronunciation

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Verb

autorespond (third-person singular simple present autoresponds, present participle autoresponding, simple past and past participle autoresponded)

  1. (intransitive, computing) To respond automatically.
    Whenever a new user joins, a bot will autorespond with a welcome message.
    • 2024 July 16, Gillian Brassil and Nicole Nixon, “Elon Musk says he’ll move X & SpaceX headquarters from California to Texas. Here’s why”, in The Sacramento Bee[1], archived from the original on 17 July 2024:
      SpaceX and X, formerly Twitter, did not immediately respond to a series of questions about Musk’s announcement on Tuesday, however an email sent to X autoresponded, “Busy now, please check back later.”