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to automate

to automate

23 4.0
Make a process or job run by machines such as computers instead of people
  • verb
  • /ˈɔːtəˌmeɪt/
: automatizar
  • The Pressey machine was introduced in the 1920s to automate individualized instruction, but the device never caught on.
  • automate repetitive procedures
  • automate a process
  • automated system

Well, marketing we can automate, right, depending on your budget.

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Examples

  • In addition, the new system automates the archiving of that data for 10 years or more.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Communications tools are also required to automate the coordination of work by widely separated groups.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Well, marketing we can automate, right, depending on your budget.

  • It's just a way to automate it, to automate the process.

  • But nonetheless, this is a job that can be probably automated in the very near future.

  • Import orders from any sales channel, ship with any carrier, and automate just about any shipping task.

  • Skynet, a computer program designed to automate missile defense.

  • - Geena Davis came to Google with a proposal to automate this kind of analysis.

  • Third, all of the processing for the direct load model is automated and monitored by consortium staff.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The company plans to automate its inventory management system to reduce manual errors.

Synonyms

to computerize
vsto automate
  • US
46 4.3

To use computers to run a system and store its information

is broader and applies to making systems run by machines as well as computers
to mechanize
vsto automate
2 5.6

Use machines to do work people used to do by hand

is broader and applies to making processes run without people using machines or computers
to robotize
vsto automate
  • Specialized
1 7.2

Change a process so machines do the work instead of people

is broader and covers making things run by machines or computers not only robots
to automatize
vsto automate
  • Specialized
1 7.2

To make something work without people using machines or computers

is identical in meaning but is an alternative form or spelling

How Mechanized

to automate
23 4.0
to mechanize
2 5.6
to handcraft
14 3.7

Surface Forms

automate infinitive
automated past
automated past participle
automating present participle
automates third person singular

Morphology

automate = automatic (transparent) = automatic + ate

The verb is formed by a standard verb-forming derivation from the adjective 'automatic' meaning 'make automatic', which is directly inferable by learners.

Etymology

Automate comes from the part auto- which means 'self', the same piece you see in automatic and the short word auto. So to automate a task is to make it work by itself, without a person doing it.