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chatbot

American

[chat-bot] / ˈtʃætˌbɒt /

noun

Digital Technology.

a computer program designed to respond with conversational or informational replies to verbal or written messages from users.

chatbot British

/ ˈtʃætˌbɒt /

noun

a computer program in the form of a virtual e-mail correspondent that can reply to messages from computer users

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of chatbot

First recorded in 1990–95; chat ( def. ) + bot ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

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The opposition’s manifesto was so long they built an A.I. chatbot on their website to help you locate which of the 1,000 promises personally applied to you.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

Instead, Apple’s AI products have disappointed consumers, and the launch of a highly anticipated AI-powered Siri chatbot has been delayed until the fall.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

It has struggled so badly to modernize the chatbot that, after years of trying, it still had to turn to Google to provide the technology back end.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Already, Anthropic's popular chatbot Claude is operating on code of which 80% the system wrote itself.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Chief among those is Meta AI, its chatbot which is now attempting to monetize a portion of the 3.5 billion daily users across the whole of Meta’s platform base.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

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