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to mechanize

to mechanize

2 5.6
Use machines to do work people used to do by hand
  • verb
  • /ˈmɛkəˌnaɪz/
: mecanizar
  • The factory plans to mechanize its operations to increase production rates and lower costs.
  • mechanize production
  • mechanized harvesting
  • mechanized farming

He was hired to help us mechanize.

Examples

  • Coffee production was similarly transformed with the introduction of the mechanized coffee huller from the United States in the early 1870s.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Agricultural production is highly mechanized, with only 15 percent of people living in rural areas engaged in farming or ranching.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Or what Brazil has done is to is to mechanize the whole process and thereby use economies of scale to reduce the cost.

  • After that, Mr. Khanjani was able to establish a mechanized farm on properties owned by his family.

    Blog text (3)

  • Space mining operations will no doubt be highly mechanized and robotic, if only because of costs.

    Blog text (20)

  • The modern shops and factories of today still use mechanized machines to perform repetitive tasks.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Peasants found themselves obsolete in the emerging landscape of mechanized Britain.

    Academic text (1999)

  • In 1971, the first plant for mechanized recycling of solid domestic waste (MRSW) was put into operation.

    Academic text (2000)

  • In 1944, after years of experiments, the International Harvester Company introduced the first mechanized harvesting of cotton at the Hopson Plantation.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Flat expanses of rich glacial soils in North America and Eurasia today support highly mechanized, high-yield grain production.

    Academic text (2006)

Synonyms

to automate
vsto mechanize
23 4.0

Make a process or job run by machines such as computers instead of people

introduces machines mainly to replace manual work rather than only making processes run automatically
to motorize
vsto mechanize
  • US
1 4.8

Give something an engine or vehicles so it moves by itself

introduces machines or automatic devices to replace manual work or make processes run
to robotize
vsto mechanize
  • Specialized
1 7.2

Change a process so machines do the work instead of people

introduces machines or devices to replace manual work, not only robots
to automatize
vsto mechanize
  • Specialized
1 7.2

To make something work without people using machines or computers

introduces machines mainly to replace manual work rather than only making systems automatic

How Automated

to robotize
  • Specialized
1 7.2
to automate
23 4.0
to mechanize
2 5.6

Surface Forms

mechanize infinitive
mechanized past
mechanized past participle
mechanizing present participle
mechanizes third person singular

Morphology

mechanize = mechanical (transparent) = mechan + ize

Formed by adding the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' to a base meaning 'mechanical' — the sense 'to introduce machines' is directly derived.

Etymology

Mechanize comes from machine and the ending -ize, so it literally means 'to make into a machine'. Think of bringing machines into a farm or factory to replace hand work; that is why to mechanize is to add machines and reduce manual labor.