Automate Definition
ôtə-māt
automated, automates, automating
verb
automated, automates, automating
To convert to automatic operation.
Automate a factory.
American Heritage
To modernize, improve, etc. (a system, process, facility, etc.) by means of automation.
To automate a company's payroll system, to automate a factory.
Webster's New World
To control or operate by automation.
American Heritage
To make use of or be converted to automation.
A food service that decided to automate for greater efficiency.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- automatize
- automatise
Origin of Automate
Back-formation from automation
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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