automatize

[ aw-tom-uh-tahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, au·tom·a·tized, au·tom·a·tiz·ing.

1. to make automatic.
2. automate.

automatize

/ ɔːˈtɒməˌtaɪz /

verb

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

Derived Forms

• auˌtomatiˈzation, noun

Other Words From

• au·toma·tist noun
• au·toma·ti·zation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of automatize¹

First recorded in 1830–40; automat(ic) + -ize

Example Sentences

Life, otherwise “automatized,” can pass as if we are unconscious — even as if we never lived at all.

From New York Times

Others use highly automatized and sophisticated processes, including automated software that interacts with Telegram, an internet-based instant-messaging system popular among people interested in cryptocurrencies.

From Salon

Through their entanglements with algorithms, global music metadata arrangements, and automatized web-scrapers, streamed music files get wrapped up in the whirlpools of data traffic that surround digital streams.

From Salon

"It's difficult to automatize the making of handbags, so a lot of it is manual," Cassegrain says.

From Los Angeles Times

"He automatized the experiment so they can follow a lot of animals at once," she says.

From The Verge

Related Words

• mechanize