automate
verb
Simple meaning
To replace or enhance human labor with machines.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɔtoʊˌmeɪt
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Definition
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verb
ambitransitive
To replace or enhance human labor with machines.
“Many offices still need to automate.”
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: To replace or enhance human labor with machines.
Used this way, automate is a common word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
“Many offices still need to automate.”
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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