Dictionary

automate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈɑ.təˌmeɪt/ (US, cot-caught-merger)
• /ˈɑ.toʊˌmeɪt/ (US, cot-caught-merger)
• [ˈoːɾəmæɪt] (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈɔːtəmeːt/ (Wales) without the pane–pain merger
• [ˈɒ.ɾəˌmeɪt] (Canada)
• [ˈɒ.ɾoʊˌmeɪt] (Canada)
• /ˈɔtəmet/ (Scotland)
• /ˈɔ.toʊˌmeɪt/ (US) without the cot–caught merger
• [ˈɔ.ɾoʊˌmeɪt] (US) without the cot–caught merger
• (US) audio
• [ˈɑ.ɾəˌmeɪt] (US, cot-caught-merger)
• [ˈɔ.ɾəˌmeɪt] (US) without the cot–caught merger
• /ˈɒ.təˌmeɪt/ (Canada)
• /ˈoːtəmæɪt/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈoːtəmɛjt/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• [ˈɑ.ɾoʊˌmeɪt] (US, cot-caught-merger)
• /ˈɔːtəmeɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɔ.təˌmeɪt/ (US) without the cot–caught merger
• /ˈɒ.toʊˌmeɪt/ (Canada)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew Proto-Indo-European *tó- Proto-Hellenic *autós Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón) Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-) Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós Proto-Hellenic *mətós Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos) Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)der. Classical Latin automatum New Latin automaticusbor. English automatic Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English automationbf. English automate Back-formation from automation.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To replace or enhance human labor with machines.
   • In the early '60's a Yoyodyne executive living near L.A. and located someplace in the corporate root-system above supervisor but below vice-president, found himself, at age 39, automated out of a job. 1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 5, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 83:
   • Many offices still need to automate.
   • We saved time and money by automating the process.

Forms

Deriveds

semiautomate · automatability · informate · automatise

Relateds

automat · automation · automatable · automatic · automatization · automaton · automatize

Synonyms

robotize

Translations (36)

da automatisere (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · fi automaattistaa (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · pl automatyzować (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · ro automatiza (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · yi אויטאָמאַטירן (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · ko 자동화하다 (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · sk automatizovať (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · bg автоматизи́рам (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · ru автоматизи́ровать (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · uk автоматизува́ти (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · ja 自動化する (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · fr automatiser (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · it automaticizzare (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · nrf automâter (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · gl automatizar (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · mk автоматизи́ра (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · pl zautomatyzować (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · el αυτοματοποιήστε (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · sv automatisera (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · cs automatizovat (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · mi whakaaunoa (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · be аўтаматызава́ць (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · cs zautomatizovat (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · pt automatizar (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · hy ավտոմատացնել (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · es automatizar (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · hu automatizál (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · nl automatiseren (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · yi אויטאָמירן (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · de automatisieren (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · fa خودکاراندن (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · ca automatitzar (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · fi automatisoida (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · cmn 自動化 /自动化 (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · ar أَتْمَتَ (to replace or enhance human labor with machines) · sk zaautomatizovať (to replace or enhance human labor with machines)