automate (redirected from automates)

au·to·mate  (ôt-mt)

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.

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[Back-formation from automation.]

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auto·mata·ble adj.

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automate

Verb

[-mating, -mated] to make (a manufacturing process) automatic

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

automate - make automatic or control or operate automatically; "automatize the production"; "automate the movement of the robot" automatise, automatize 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?"

Translations

automate [ˈɔːtəmeɪt] vt → automatizar

automate [ˈɔːtəmeɪt] vt → automatisieren