automatically

Thân thiện

The door opens automatically when you approach it.

Definition

1. Adverb:
   • Without conscious thought or intention; as a spontaneous or involuntary reaction: Refers to an action performed as a reflex or as a result of ingrained habit, without requiring deliberate mental effort.
   • By a self-operating or programmed mechanism; in a mechanical way: Refers to an action performed by a machine or system that functions on its own according to a set process or instructions.

Usage Examples

• Adverb (Without conscious thought):
  • After years of practice, her fingers moved automatically to the correct keys.
  • He automatically reached for his seatbelt when he got in the car.
• Adverb (By a self-operating mechanism):
  • The lights turn on automatically at dusk.
  • The software saves your work automatically every ten minutes.

Advanced Usage

• "to do something automatically": To perform an action by force of habit or as an instinctive response, often implying a lack of conscious deliberation.
  • Seasoned drivers shift gears automatically.
• Used to describe systems or devices that self-regulate or self-execute.
  • The thermostat adjusts the temperature automatically.

Variants and Related Words

• Automatic (adjective): Operating by itself; done or occurring spontaneously.
  • an automatic door; an automatic response
• Automate (verb): To convert a process or facility to be operated by largely automatic equipment.
  • The factory plans to automate its assembly line.

Synonyms

• Mechanically: In a machinelike manner; without thought or emotion.
• Involuntarily: Done without conscious control.
• Instinctively: By natural instinct, without conscious thought.
• By reflex: As an automatic response to a stimulus.

Related Phrases

• On autopilot: (Idiomatic) Functioning automatically without active thought, often due to routine.
  • After a long day, I was just working on autopilot.
• Kick in automatically: (Phrasal verb structure) To begin operating automatically under certain conditions.
  • The emergency generator will kick in automatically if the power fails.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism
   • this door opens mechanically
2. in a reflex manner
   • he answered automatically

Từ đồng nghĩa

• mechanically