virtual assistant

[ vur-choo-uhl uh-sis-tuhnt ]

noun

1. a person, as a freelance office assistant, who works remotely in an administrative role.
2. dig·it·al as·sis·tant [dij, -i-tl , uh, -, sis, -t, uh, nt],. Digital Technology. a device or piece of software that can perform basic tasks and answer some questions in response to spoken natural language, often following a command or prompt.

Word History and Origins

Origin of virtual assistant¹

First recorded in 2000–05 virtual assistant fordef 1, and in 2010–15 virtual assistant fordef 2

Example Sentences

Outsource It—Send a task to your FancyHands virtual assistant to do for you and then forget about it.

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