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automate

verb
🔊/ˈɔːtəmeɪt/
🔊/ˈɔːtəmeɪt/
[usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they automate
🔊/ˈɔːtəmeɪt/
🔊/ˈɔːtəmeɪt/
he / she / it automates
🔊/ˈɔːtəmeɪts/
🔊/ˈɔːtəmeɪts/
past simple automated
🔊/ˈɔːtəmeɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈɔːtəmeɪtɪd/
past participle automated
🔊/ˈɔːtəmeɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈɔːtəmeɪtɪd/
-ing form automating
🔊/ˈɔːtəmeɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈɔːtəmeɪtɪŋ/
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  1. to use machines and computers instead of people to do a job or task使自动化
    • be automated The entire manufacturing process has been automated.整个生产过程已自动化。🔊🔊
    • The factory is now fully automated.这家工厂现在是全自动化。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryAutomate is used with these nouns as the object:
    • process
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    Word Origin1950s: back-formation from automation.