AUTOMATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does automate mean? 

• AUTOMATE (verb)
  The verb AUTOMATE has 1 sense:

1. make automatic or control or operate automatically

  Familiarity information: AUTOMATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUTOMATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they automate    ... he / she / it automates   
Past simple: automated   
Past participle: automated   
-ing form: automating   

Sense 1

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 "automate" is one way to...):

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

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

semi-automatise; semi-automatize (make semiautomatic)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

automation (the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware)

automation (the condition of being automatically operated or controlled)

 Context examples 

Manufacturer-provided serial number of automated device that created the observations.

(Device Observer Serial Number, NCI Thesaurus/DICOM)

A unique identifier for an automated observation device.

(Device Observer UID, NCI Thesaurus)

The serial number of an automated observation device.

(Device Observer Serial Number, NCI Thesaurus)

Institution-provided identifier of automated device that created the observations.

(Device Observer Name, NCI Thesaurus/DICOM)

Manufacturer of automated device that created the observations.

(Device Observer Manufacturer, NCI Thesaurus/DICOM)

Earthquake early warning systems detect the start of an earthquake and rapidly transmit warnings to people and automated systems before they experience shaking at their location.

(Crowdsourced Smartphone Data Could Give Advance Notice for People in Quake Zones, JPL)

Unique identifier of automated device that created the observations.

(Device Observer UID, NCI Thesaurus/DICOM)

The DNA Sequencing Shared Resource offers automated DNA sequencing for Cancer Center investigators.

(DNA Sequencing Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)

Molecular Biology Shared Resource provides molecular biology services to the Cancer Center investigators including automated DNA sequencing, DNA and peptide synthesis, protein sequencing, amino acid analysis, BIAcore protein ligand assays, and mass spectrometry.

(Molecular Biology Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)

A coded value specifying the type of container cap. NOTE(S): In some cases, it is important for this to be consistent with decapping, piercing or other automated manipulation.

(Package Cap Type Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)