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Definition of automate
automated
;automating
transitive verb
1 : to operate by automation
2 : to convert to largely automatic operation automate a process
intransitive verb
: to undergo automation
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Examples of automate in a Sentence
The company recently automated its filing process.
a factory that has yet to be automated
a factory that has yet to automate
When companies automate, employees lose jobs.
Recent Examples of automate from the Web
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Washington County continues to be Intel's largest and most advanced manufacturing site in the world, in part because semiconductor production is heavily automated and labor is a relatively small portion of the total manufacturing cost.
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Research shows that nearly two-thirds of all Las Vegas jobs may be automated by 2035.
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Today, things are automated, and Nagel's sweet corn business has grown with our appetite for it.
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Champaign County has the lowest automation risk in the state, at 51 percent, not unusual for rural college towns where jobs in building and grounds maintenance aren't easily automated, Hicks said.
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Unlike factory workers or taxi drivers, most research scientists would love to automate parts of their jobs.
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As recently chronicled in The Oregonian/OregonLive, the state has spent more than $166 million on a new computer system that would automate the enrollment and eligibility process.
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Engineers think the grippers could help automate repair processes currently done by astronauts and may even be useful in future projects to clear up space debris cluttering Earth’s orbit.
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The panel also determines that the company needs to automate the loading of propellant into air-bag inflators instead of continuing its practice of loading it mostly by hand.
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Origin and Etymology of automate
back-formation from automation
AUTOMATE Defined for English Language Learners
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: to run or operate (something, such as a factory or system) by using machines, computers, etc., instead of people to do the work
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automated
;automating
: to run or operate something using machines instead of people automate a factory
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