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automated

au·to·mate
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [aw-tuh-meyt]
    • /ˈɔ təˌmeɪt/
    • /ˈɔː.tə.meɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [aw-tuh-meyt]
    • /ˈɔ təˌmeɪt/

Definitions of automated word

  • adjective automated An automated factory, office, or industrial process uses machines to do the work instead of people. 3
  • adjective automated using machinery and electronics to perform most tasks 3
  • verb with object automated to apply the principles of automation to (a mechanical process, industry, office, etc.). 1
  • verb with object automated to operate or control by automation. 1
  • verb with object automated to displace or make obsolete by automation (often followed by out): The unskilled jobs are going to be automated out. 1
  • verb without object automated to install automatic procedures, as for manufacturing or servicing; follow or utilize the principles of automation: Many banks have begun to automate. 1

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Origin of automated

First appearance:

before 1950
One of the 5% newest English words
First recorded in 1950-55; back formation from automation

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Automated

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

automated popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

automated usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for automated

adj automated

  • mechanical — having to do with machinery: a mechanical failure.
  • computerized — A computerized system, process, or business is one in which the work is done by computer.
  • automatic — An automatic machine or device is one which has controls that enable it to perform a task without needing to be constantly operated by a person. Automatic methods and processes involve the use of such machines.
  • motorized — to furnish with a motor, as a vehicle.
  • robotic — a machine that resembles a human and does mechanical, routine tasks on command.

adjective automated

  • preset — to set beforehand.
  • mechanised — to make mechanical.
  • computerised — to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.

Antonyms for automated

adj automated

  • manual — done, operated, worked, etc., by the hand or hands rather than by an electrical or electronic device: a manual gearshift.
  • by hand — If you do something by hand, you do it using your hands rather than a machine.

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