- automated
- [[t]ɔ͟ːtəmeɪtɪd[/t]]
ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ nAn automated factory, office, or industrial process uses machines to do the work instead of people.
The equipment was made on highly automated production lines.
English dictionary. 2008.
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automated — adj. 1. 1 accomplished by machinary without the intervention of a human operator; of processes. Development of the automated sequence analyzer made practical a project to sequence the human genome. Syn: machine controlled, machine driven.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
automated — automated; semi·automated; … English syllables
automated — index industrial Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
automated — (adj.) 1952, American English, adjective based on AUTOMATION (Cf. automation) … Etymology dictionary
automated — [adj] made or done by a machine automatic, computerized, electrical, electronic, mechanical, mechanized, motorized, programmed, robotic; concepts 538,549 Ant. by hand, manual … New thesaurus
automated — automate au‧to‧mate [ˈɔːtəmeɪt ǁ ˈɒː ] verb [transitive] MANUFACTURING to change to a system where goods are produced or jobs are done by machines rather than by people: • Computers have enabled us to automate many of the routine tasks in offices … Financial and business terms
automated — au|to|ma|ted [ˈo:təmeıtıd US ˈo: ] adj using computers and machines to do a job, rather than people ▪ a highly automated factory ▪ The production process is now fully automated … Dictionary of contemporary English
automated — adj. Automated is used with these nouns: ↑machine, ↑system … Collocations dictionary
automated — au|to|mat|ed [ ɔtə,meıtəd ] adjective using machines or done by machines, instead of people: a fully automated assembly line … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
automated — adjective using machines to do a job or industrial process: a highly automated factory … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
