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automatize

[ aw-tom-uh-tahyz ]
/ ɔˈtɒm əˌtaɪz /
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verb (used with object), au·tom·a·tized, au·tom·a·tiz·ing.
to make automatic.
automate.
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Also especially British, au·tom·a·tise .

Origin of automatize

First recorded in 1830–40; automat(ic) + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM automatize

au·tom·a·tist, nounau·tom·a·ti·za·tion, noun

Words nearby automatize

automatic transmission, automatic vending, automatic writing, automation, automatism, automatize, automatograph, automaton, automechanism, autometer, automobile
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Words related to automatize

automate, brutalize, barbarize, imbrute, robotize

How to use automatize in a sentence

  • There’s lots of possibilities of helping people automatize some of the things they want to do, and make it more salient, but we’ve got to get the prices right first.

    All You Need Is Nudge (Ep. 474)|Stephen J. Dubner|September 9, 2021|Freakonomics

British Dictionary definitions for automatize

automatize

automatise

/ (ɔːˈtɒməˌtaɪz) /
verb
to make (a process, etc) automatic or (of a process, etc) to be made automatic

Derived forms of automatize

automatization or automatisation, noun
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