automatise
Definition
Verb: 1. To make a process or system operate automatically: To convert a manual or human-controlled process so that it functions by itself using machines, computers, or programmed instructions. 2. To cause a person to act in an automatic, unthinking manner: To make someone behave mechanically, without conscious thought or will.
Usage
- The primary use of automatise is in technical, industrial, or business contexts to describe the implementation of automatic control.
- It is synonymous with automate. The spelling "automatise" is more common in British English, while "automate" is standard in both British and American English.
- The second meaning, relating to human behavior, is less common and often carries a negative connotation of dehumanization.
Examples
Technical/Industrial Context:
- The company plans to automatise the entire assembly line to increase efficiency.
- We need to automatise these data entry tasks to reduce errors.
- The new software will automatise the billing process.
Human Behavior Context (less common):
- The repetitive, mind-numbing work seemed to automatise the workers.
- Some critics argue that rigid routines can automatise human responses.
Advanced Usage
- Automatised (adjective): Describes a process or system that has been made automatic.
- The factory now has a fully automatised packaging system.
- Automatisation (noun): The process or result of making something automatic. (More commonly "automation").
- The automatisation of services has changed the job market.
Variants and Related Words
- Automate (verb): The more common and standard synonym for the technical meaning.
- Automation (noun): The technique or system of operating or controlling a process automatically.
- Automatic (adjective): Operating by itself with little or no direct human control.
- Automaton (noun): A machine that operates automatically, or a person who acts in a mechanical, unthinking way.
Synonyms
- Mechanize: To introduce machines or automatic devices into (a process or activity).
- Computerize: To convert a system or process to be operated by computer.
- Systematize: To arrange according to an organized system; make systematic (less focused on machines).
Antonyms
- Manualize: To convert to manual operation (rare).
- De-automate: To remove automation from (a process).
- Hand-operated: Controlled directly by a person.
Verb
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make automatic or control or operate automatically
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automatize the production
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automate the movement of the robot
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turn into an automaton
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