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AUTOMATIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make automatic or control or operate automatically

Example:

automate the movement of the robot

Synonyms:

automate; automatise; automatize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "automatize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "automatize"):

semi-automatise; semi-automatize (make semiautomatic)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

automatic (operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Turn into an automaton

Synonyms:

automatise; automatize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "automatize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

automatic (resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine)

automaton (a mechanism that can move automatically)

automaton (someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way)

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