automate

/'ɔ:təmeit/ Cách viết khác : (automatize) /'ɔ:təmətaiz/

Thân thiện

The factory uses a machine to automate the packaging process.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To make a process, machine, or system operate automatically, using technology to control it with minimal or no human intervention.
   • To convert a task or procedure to be performed by automatic equipment or systems.

Usage and Examples

• Verb:
  • The factory decided to automate its assembly line to increase efficiency and reduce costs.
  • You can automate your home lighting system so the lights turn on at sunset.
  • Many repetitive office tasks, like data entry, can now be automated with software.

Advanced Usage

• "to automate away": To eliminate jobs or tasks through automation.
  • There is concern that new technologies will automate away many routine jobs.
• "highly automated": Describing a process or system that uses a great deal of automation.
  • The new manufacturing plant is highly automated, requiring only a small team of technicians.

Variants and Related Words

• Automation (n): The technique, method, or system of operating or controlling a process by highly automatic means.
  • The automation of banking services has made transactions faster.
• Automated (adj): Operated by automation.
  • We received an automated response to our email inquiry.
• Automatic (adj): (Of a device or process) working by itself with little or no direct human control. (Note: This is a related adjective, not a direct variant of the verb 'automate').
  • The car has an automatic transmission.

Synonyms

• Mechanize: To introduce machines or automatic devices into (a process, activity, or place).
• Computerize: To convert (a system, device, etc.) to be operated by computer.

Related Phrases

• Automate a process: To apply automation to a specific series of actions.
  • The goal is to automate the billing process to reduce errors.
• Automate tasks: To make individual jobs or duties automatic.
  • This tool helps small businesses automate repetitive tasks.

Học thuật

Verb

1. make automatic or control or operate automatically
   • automatize the production
   • automate the movement of the robot

Từ đồng nghĩa

• automatize
• automatise