automate

verb
/ˈɔː.tə.meɪt/UK/ˈɔ.təˌmeɪt/US/ˈoː.tə.mæɪt/

Etymology

Back-formation from automation.

Definitions

  1. To replace or enhance human labor with machines.

    • Many offices still need to automate.
    • We saved time and money by automating the process.
    • In the early '60's a Yoyodyne executive living near L.A. and located someplace in the corporate root-system above supervisor but below vice-president, found himself, at age 39, automated out of a job.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for automate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA