mechanise
/'mekənaiz/ Cách viết khác : (mechanise) /'mekənaiz/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To make mechanical or automatic: To introduce machinery or automation into a process, replacing human labor or manual operation.
- To make monotonous or routine: To cause an activity to become repetitive, automatic, and lacking in thought or creativity.
- To equip with motorized vehicles: To supply an army or unit with armed and armored motor vehicles.
Usage and Examples
Verb (To make mechanical):
- The factory aims to mechanise the assembly line to increase production speed.
- We need to mechanise the data entry process to reduce errors.
Verb (To make monotonous):
- Repetitive tasks can mechanise the mind, stifling creativity.
- He felt his job had become mechanised, requiring no original thought.
Verb (To equip with vehicles):
- The military decided to mechanise the infantry division for greater mobility.
Advanced Usage
"to mechanise a procedure": To automate a specific set of steps or a method.
- The company plans to mechanise the procedure for quality checks.
Passive Voice: Often used to describe a state of being automated or made routine.
- The farming industry has been largely mechanised over the last century.
Variants and Related Words
- Mechanize: The preferred spelling in American English. It has the same meanings as 'mechanise'.
- Mechanisation (n) / Mechanization (n): The process or result of making something mechanical.
- The mechanisation of agriculture transformed rural life.
- Mechanised (adj) / Mechanized (adj): Describes something that has been equipped with machinery or made automatic.
- a mechanised infantry unit; a mechanised production process.
Synonyms
- Automate: To operate by automation.
- Motorize: To equip with a motor or motors (often used for vehicles, similar to the military sense).
Antonyms
- Manualize: To make manual (rarely used; more common antonyms are phrases).
- De-automate: To remove automation.
Related Phrases
- "become mechanised": To become automatic and unthinking.
- The workers feared their roles would become mechanised and they would be replaced.
- "fully mechanised": Completely equipped with or converted to using machinery.
- The fully mechanised harvest was completed in record time.
Verb
- make mechanical
- mechanize the procedure
- make monotonous; make automatic or routine
- If your work becomes too mechanized, change jobs!
- equip with armed and armored motor vehicles
- mechanize armies