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to mechanize

to mechanize

4 6.1
Make an activity automatic and routine so it becomes boring
  • verb
  • /ˈmɛkəˌnaɪz/
translation icon : automatizar
  • We should regard with caution the claim that mechanized processes reduce net energy usage for a given task.

Examples

  • Today, in the highly mechanized electronic world of health care, we find it hard to describe the characteristics of each of these components.

    Academic text (2011)

  • In moving toward the mechanization of processing, photography naturally sought also to mechanize that aspect of photographic production that was dealt with by the retoucher.

    Academic text (2000)

  • We have managed to mechanize and thereby standardize the processes.

  • And so in this way, they conceived of mechanizing game playing and creating a computer program that could play a perfect game of chess.

  • So you have to mechanise leadership, you have to mechanise team performance.

  • It was sort of the zenith of the dream of mechanizing calculation.

  • Beds now have built-in features that have mechanized this task of turning a patient to one side, called lateral rotation therapy.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Mechanized irrigation is problematic for most smallholders, so they practice labor-intensive splash irrigation.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Many factories have mechanized their assembly lines, allowing for faster production.

  • He felt like a robot as he completed his tasks in a mechanized manner every day.

Synonyms

to automate
vsto mechanize
52 4.0

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

applies more broadly stressing automatic operation rather than routine dullness
to routinize
vsto mechanize
  • US
1 6.4

To make something happen regularly so it becomes a habit

makes things automatic with emphasis on dull repetitive quality
to automatize
vsto mechanize
  • Specialized
7.2

To make something work without people using machines or computers

focuses on creating automatic routine work often causing monotony
to robotize
vsto mechanize
  • Specialized
7.2

Change a process so machines do the work instead of people

is about making work automatic in general not only by machine control

Antonyms

to diversify
63 5.3

To add different kinds of products or activities to reduce risk

to humanize
25 4.8

To make something kinder and more caring toward people

How Automatic

to robotize
  • Specialized
7.2
to automate
52 4.0
to mechanize
4 6.1
to standardize
  • US
83 4.2

Surface Forms

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

Morphology

mechanize = mechanical (semi-transparent) = mechan + ize

Derived via the same suffixation process, but the sense 'make routine/monotonous' is a metaphorical extension from 'mechanical' and may not be fully obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Mechanize comes from machine and -ize, and is like the word mechanical, which means 'like a machine' or automatic. So when an activity is mechanized it becomes routine or automatic, and can feel dull or unthinking.