automate
verb (used with object)
to apply the principles of automation to (a mechanical process, industry, office, etc.).
automatable
-
a word derived from
automate.
Example Sentences
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"Obviously, there's a layer of jobs that are automatable or have been automated."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
In medicine, as elsewhere, AI technology has been shown to be useful to take over automatable tasks from humans, but not in situations requiring human ingenuity or creativity — or precision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
Yeah, this is the argument for automation in the workplace, is that all the jobs that are automatable are repetitive and boring and people don’t wanna be doing them anyway.
From The Verge ● Mar. 23, 2021
Existing technology has already made two of those steps automatable.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2018
As technology improves, an ever larger share of the universe of tasks becomes potentially automatable, in that the cost of using capital to complete a task falls below typical labour costs to complete the task.
From Economist ● Feb. 17, 2014
