automated

UK: /ˈɔːtəmeɪtɪd/

From the verb automate: (⇒ conjugate)

automated is: ⓘ

v past

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

au•to•mate /ˈɔtəˌmeɪt/   v., -mat•ed, -mat•ing. 

1. to use machines instead of people to do the work of (a mechanical process, etc.); apply the principles of automation to: [~ + object]
   We need to automate those procedures.
   [no object]
   The investors want us to automate.

au•to•ma•tion /ˌɔtəˈmeɪʃən/  n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

au•to•mate  (ô′tə māt′), v., -mat•ed, -mat•ing. 
v.t. 

1. to apply the principles of automation to (a mechanical process, industry, office, etc.).
2. to operate or control by automation.
3. to displace or make obsolete by automation (often fol. by out):
   The unskilled jobs are going to be automated out.

v.i. 

4. to install automatic procedures, as for manufacturing or servicing;
   follow or utilize the principles of automation:
   Many banks have begun to automate.

• back formation from automation 1950–55

au′to•mat′a•ble, adj. 

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automate / ˈɔːtəˌmeɪt/ verb

1. to make (a manufacturing process, factory, etc) automatic, or (of a manufacturing process, etc) to be made automatic