automate

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

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

automate (third-person singular simple present automates, present participle automating, 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.

• robotize

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

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

• IPA^(key): /o.tɔ.mat/, /ɔ.tɔ.mat/

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automate m (plural automates)

1. automaton

• “automate” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• IPA^(key): /a.u.toˈma.te/

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

automate

1. plural of automat