automate
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au·to·mate
(ô′tə-māt′)v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates
v.tr.
1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory.
2. To control or operate by automation.
v.intr.
To make use of or be converted to automation: a food service that decided to automate for greater efficiency.
[Back-formation from automation.]
au′to·mat′a·ble adj.
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automate
(ˈɔːtəˌmeɪt)vb
(General Engineering) to make (a manufacturing process, factory, etc) automatic, or (of a manufacturing process, etc) to be made automatic
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au•to•mate
(ˈɔ təˌmeɪt)v. -mat•ed, -mat•ing. v.t.
1. to apply the principles of automation to (a mechanical process, industry, office, etc.).
2. to operate or control by automation.
3. to displace or make obsolete by automation (often fol. by out).
v.i. 4. to install automatic procedures, as for manufacturing or servicing; undergo automation.
[1950–55]
au′to•mat`a•ble, adj.
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automate
Past participle: automated
Gerund: automating
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Verb | 1. | ![]() alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" semi-automatise, semi-automatize - make semiautomatic; "Can we semi-automatize the semantic tagging process?" |
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