machine learning

American  

[muh-sheen lur-ning] / məˈʃin ˌlɜr nɪŋ /

noun

Computers, Digital Technology.

1. the capacity of a computer to process and evaluate data beyond programmed algorithms, through contextualized inference (often used attributively).

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machine learning British  

noun

1. a branch of artificial intelligence in which a computer generates rules underlying or based on raw data that has been fed into it

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Etymology

Origin of machine learning

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Census Bureau, which found 19% of businesses reported using AI tools—including machine learning, natural language processing, virtual agents, and voice recognition—as of the end of March.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Their lab is already using working chips from TetraMem for machine learning tasks.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, a California-based limited liability company that started two years ago, plans to develop a 950,000-square-foot facility in the county that’s designed for advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning operations.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

They’re not an LLM, but they’re A.I.; they are machine learning that is figuring out how to make you stay on a website.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

Quantum computers would have the capacity to be faster than traditional computers at optimization problems like analyzing supply chains, simulation problems like discovering new chemical combinations for drugs, machine learning and factorization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

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