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to automate

to automate

52 4.0
Make a process or job run by machines such as computers instead of people
  • verb
  • /ˈɔːtəˌmeɪt/
translation icon : 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
45 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
3 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 automatize
vsto automate
  • Specialized
7.2

To make something work without people using machines or computers

is identical in meaning but is an alternative form or spelling
to robotize
vsto automate
  • Specialized
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

How Mechanized

to automate
52 4.0
to mechanize
3 5.6
to handcraft
17 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.