verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To make or become automatic.

   "Student responses are gradually automatized through repetition."

2. 2
   make automatic or control or operate automatically wordnet
3. 3
   To cause to be automated; to automate. transitive

   "We need to automatize our production facility."

4. 4
   turn into an automaton wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

automateautomatiseprogram

Example

More examples

"Student responses are gradually automatized through repetition."

Etymology

From French automatiser, from automate (“automaton”). Equivalent to automate + -ize.

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