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

Because if it’s not AI, it’s going to be something that’s like AI, but doesn’t do the machine learning stuff but is still just as risky.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

It works with Amazon SageMaker, a platform for machine learning models.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

It explained that the data collected by volunteers was fed into machine learning models, alongside satellite imagery.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The team then used machine learning to model how forests worldwide respond to increasing nitrogen inputs.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

The meteoric rise of AI agents—autonomous tools that perform a range of tasks using machine learning, from coding to organizing travel plans—has also resurrected the market for CPUs, or central processing units.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

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