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AUTOMATIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does automatize mean? 

AUTOMATIZE (verb)
  The verb AUTOMATIZE has 2 senses:

1. turn into an automatonplay

2. make automatic or control or operate automaticallyplay

  Familiarity information: AUTOMATIZE used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AUTOMATIZE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they automatize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it automatizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: automatized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: automatized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: automatizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Turn into an automaton

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

automatise; automatize

Hypernyms (to "automatize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

automatic (resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine)

automaton (a mechanism that can move automatically)

automaton (someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Make automatic or control or operate automatically

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

automate; automatise; automatize

Context example:

automate the movement of the robot

Hypernyms (to "automatize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "automatize"):

semi-automatise; semi-automatize (make semiautomatic)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

automatic (operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control)


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