mechanize

English

Alternative forms

• mechanise

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛkənaɪz/

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Verb

mechanize (third-person singular simple present mechanizes, present participle mechanizing, simple past and past participle mechanized)

1. To equip something with machinery.
2. To equip a military unit with tanks and other armed vehicles.
3. To make something routine, automatic or monotonous.

Related terms

• mechanization

Translations

to equip with machinery

• Arabic: مَكْنَنَ (ar) (maknana)
• Asturian: mecanizar
• Belarusian: механізава́ць impf or pf (mjexanizavácʹ)
• Bulgarian: механизи́рам impf or pf (mehanizíram)
• Catalan: mecanitzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 機械化／机械化 (zh) (jīxièhuà), 机械化 (zh) (jīxièhuà)

• Finnish: koneellistaa, mekanisoida
• French: mécaniser (fr)
• Galician: mecanizar
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• Georgian: მექანიზება (mekanizeba)
• German: mechanisieren (de)
• Italian: meccanizzare (it)
• Japanese: 機械化する (きかいかする, kikaika suru)
• Korean: 기계화하다 (gigyehwahada)
• Macedonian: механизи́ра impf or pf (mehanizíra)
• Polish: mechanizować impf, zmechanizować pf
• Portuguese: mecanizar
• Russian: механизи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (mexanizírovatʹ)
• Spanish: mecanizar (es)
• Ukrainian: механізува́ти impf or pf (mexanizuváty)

military: to equip with vehicles

• Finnish: mekanisoida
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to make something routine, automatic or monotonous

• Finnish: mekaanistaa (fi)
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• Polish: mechanizować impf, zmechanizować pf