automate
- to apply the principles of automation to (a mechanical process, industry, office, etc.).
- to operate or control by automation.
- to displace or make obsolete by automation (often followed by out): The unskilled jobs are going to be automated out.
- to install automatic procedures, as for manufacturing or servicing; follow or utilize the principles of automation: Many banks have begun to automate.
Origin of automate
Related Words for automated
electronic, mechanical, computerized, automatic, electrical, robotic, mechanized, motorized, programmedExamples from the Web for automated
Contemporary Examples of automated
Because GRBs are so rare, the best way to look for them is with an automated observatory.
After all, the automated database is only as good as the information the judges feed into it.
Law-Breaking Judges Took Cases That Could Make Them Even RicherReity O’Brien, Kytja Weir, Chris Young, Center for Public Integrity
April 28, 2014
I emailed yodel to explain an got a automated reply saying my parcel has been delivered and signed for?
Most definitely not the robots who brought us the automated joy on Twitter.
You may write to the VA, but you will either receive no reply or an automated response.
Historical Examples of automated
A shudder went through him as he edged along the automated customs scanners and paper-checkers.
The Dueling MachineBenjamin William Bova
The automated files selected three microcard dossiers that matched the requirements of the order.
The Dueling MachineBenjamin William Bova
Listen, sir, that's just one more field that's been automated right out of existence.
MercenaryDallas McCord Reynolds
We have others who could design an automated textile factory, but do any know how to weave a blanket on a hand loom?
AdaptationDallas McCord Reynolds
There is no direct correspondence between the literacy of emergent writing and that of automated writing and reading.
The Civilization of IlliteracyMihai Nadin
automate
- to make (a manufacturing process, factory, etc) automatic, or (of a manufacturing process, etc) to be made automatic
Word Origin and History for automated
1952, American English, adjective based on automation.
automate
"to convert to automatic operation," 1954, back-formation from automated (q.v.). Ancient Greek verb automatizein meant "to act of oneself, to act unadvisedly." Related: Automating.