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automatically

automatically

257 3.1
Something happens by a machine or system without a person doing it
  • adverb
  • /ˌɔːtəməˈtɪkli/
  • Specialized
translation icon : automáticamente
  • When you turn on the machine, it will start operating automatically without any manual input.
  • automatically generated
  • automatically updated
  • automatically sent

And that will sort of automatically reduce the the load.

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Examples

  • Now, when you push these buttons, the rear seats automatically go down.

  • We've seen devices that will automatically clean your floors.

  • And from this you automatically have a side product.

  • Everything her sister says is not automatically wrong.

  • So is it doing that automatically or can you load images?

  • So the whole range of European legislation automatically has that effect.

  • So the app automatically pops up every Sunday.

  • The debt will be automatically cancelled.

  • If one is tampered with, the others automatically lock the place down.

  • The rise in Chinese jobs manufacturing for export did not automatically mean a decline in jobs elsewhere.

    Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

mechanically
vsautomatically
11 3.7

In a way done by a machine or without a person doing it

focuses on being done without human intervention rather than by machines
robotically
vsautomatically
3 6.1

To act without feeling, like a machine

describes actions done without human intervention rather than lacking feeling
autonomically
vsautomatically
  • Specialized
7.4

Works by itself without someone controlling it, like a heating system

involves working by devices or machines instead of self-regulation

Antonyms

72 3.5

To do a task using the hands instead of a machine

How Automatic

automatically
  • Specialized
257 3.1
manually
72 3.5

Surface Forms

automatically positive

Morphology

automatically = automatic (transparent) = automatic + ally

Formed from the adjective 'automatic' with the productive adverbial suffix '-ally'; the meaning 'in an automatic manner' follows directly.

Etymology

The word automatically comes from the part auto- meaning 'self', the same auto- in autonomy. So, something that happens automatically happens 'by itself', without a person doing it.