automate

See also: aŭtomate

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔtoʊˌmeɪt/, [ˈɒɾoʊˌmeɪt]

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

automate (third-person singular simple present automat, present participle ing, simple past and past participle automated)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To replace or enhance human labor with machines.

   Many offices still need to automate.

   We saved time and money by automating the process.

Synonyms

• robotize

Related terms

• automat
• automatic
• automation
• automatization
• automatize
• automaton

Translations

to replace or enhance human labor with machines

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: ավտոմատացնել (hy) (avtomatacʻnel)
• Catalan: automatitzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自動化／自动化 (zh) (zìdònghuà), 自动化 (zh) (zìdònghuà)

• Czech: automatizovat
• Danish: automatisere
• Dutch: automatiseren (nl)
• Finnish: automatisoida (fi), automaattistaa
• French: automatiser (fr)
• Galician: automatizar
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• German: automatisieren (de)
• Greek: αυτοματοποιήστε (el) (aftomatopoiíste), αυτοματοποιήστε (el) (aftomatopoiíste)
• Hungarian: automatizál (hu)
• Japanese: 自動化する (じどうかする, jidōka suru)
• Macedonian: автоматизи́ра impf or pf (avtomatizíra)
• Maori: whakaaunoa
• Norman: automâter
• Polish: automatyzować
• Portuguese: automatizar (pt)
• Romanian: automatiza (ro)
• Russian: автоматизи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (avtomatizírovatʹ)
• Spanish: automatizar (es)

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French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐτόματον (autómaton), neuter of αὐτόματος (autómatos, “self moving, self willed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.tɔ.mat/, /ɔ.tɔ.mat/

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Noun

automate m (plural automates)

1. automaton

Further reading

• “automate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.u.toˈma.te/

Adjective

automate

1. nominative feminine plural of automat
2. accusative feminine plural of automat
3. nominative neuter plural of automat
4. accusative neuter plural of automat

Noun

automate

1. plural of automat