Automation is bound to have important social consequences.
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Automation
//ˌɔː.təˈmeɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "automation" (12 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (3)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (6)
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10 entriesTranslations
67 translations across 55 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- automatizim noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Arabic
2 entries- أَتْمَتَة noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
- تَأْلِيَّة noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Armenian
1 entries- ավտոմատացում noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Asturian
1 entries- automatización noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- avtomatlaşdırma noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Belarusian
1 entries- аўтаматыза́цыя noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Bulgarian
1 entries- автоматиза́ция noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Burmese
1 entries- အော်တိုမေးရှင်း noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Catalan
1 entries- automatització noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 自動化 /自动化 noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Czech
1 entries- automatizace noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Danish
1 entries- automatik c automatisering noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Dutch
1 entries- automatisering noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Esperanto
1 entries- aŭtomatizo noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Estonian
1 entries- automatiseerimine noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Finnish
2 entries- automaatio noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
- automatisointi noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
French
1 entries- automatisation noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Galician
1 entries- automatización noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Georgian
1 entries- ავტომატიზაცია noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
German
1 entries- Automatisierung noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Hebrew
1 entries- אוֹטוֹמַצְיָה noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Hindi
1 entries- स्वचालन noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Hungarian
1 entries- automatizálás noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Indonesian
2 entries- automasi noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
- otomatisasi noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Italian
2 entries- automatizzazione noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
- automazione noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Japanese
3 entries- オートメーション noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
- オートメ化 noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
- 自動化 noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Kazakh
1 entries- автоматтандыру noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Khmer
1 entries- ស្វ័យប្រវត្តិកម្ម noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Korean
2 entries- 오토메이션 noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
- 자동화 noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- автоматизация noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Latvian
1 entries- automatizācija noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Lithuanian
1 entries- automatizacija noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Macedonian
1 entries- автоматизација noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Malay
1 entries- automasi noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Māori
1 entries- whakaaunoatanga noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Norman
1 entries- automâtion noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- automasjon noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Persian
2 entries- اتوماسیون noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
- خودکارسازی noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Polish
1 entries- automatyzacja noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Portuguese
2 entries- automatização noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
- automação noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Romanian
1 entries- automatizare noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Russian
1 entries- автоматиза́ция noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- automatizácija noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
- аутоматиза́ција noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Slovak
1 entries- automatizácia noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Slovene
1 entries- avtomatizacija noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Spanish
1 entries- automatización noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Swedish
2 entries- automation noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
- automatisering noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Tajik
1 entries- худкорсозӣ noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Thai
1 entries- ระบบอัตโนมัติ noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Turkish
1 entries- otomasyon noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Ukrainian
1 entries- автоматиза́ція noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Urdu
1 entries- خودکاری noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Uzbek
2 entries- avtomatizatsiya noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
- avtomatlashtirish noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sự tự động hóa noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Yiddish
1 entries- אויטאָמאַציע noun (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The next wave of economic dislocations won't come from overseas. It will come from the relentless pace of automation that makes a lot of good, middle-class jobs obsolete.
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He frequently mentions the “fourth industrial revolution,” which refers to how automation and other technologies are reshaping the way humans manufacture products and interact with each other.
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With automation taking over manual jobs, we can expand into other areas of work, especially those connected to technology.
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