automated

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈɔːtəˌmeɪtɪd/ 🇺🇸 /ˈɔtəˌmeɪtɪd/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Operated or controlled by machines, computers, or automatic systems with minimal or no human intervention.; Performed or carried out by an automatic process or system rather than by a person.; Mechanical or robotic in nature, resembling the actions of a machine rather than a human.
  2. verb
    Past tense and past participle of 'automate': to convert a process, system, or facility to automatic operation.
  3. adjective
    In computing, referring to software or scripts that execute tasks without manual input, such as automated testing or automated deployment.; In finance, referring to trading or investment strategies executed by algorithms without human decision-making at the point of trade.

🔗 Details

Word forms

3rd sing.: automates Past: automated Past part.: automated Pres part.: automating

Collocations

automate a processautomate tasksautomate workflowsautomate productionautomate repetitive work

Derivatives

automationautomaticautomaticallyautomatonautomatablesemi-automated

Synonyms

mechanizecomputerizesystematizedigitize

Commonly confused

automatic
EN: 'Automatic' describes something designed to operate on its own; 'automated' emphasizes that a previously manual process has been converted to run by machines or software.
autonomous
EN: 'Autonomous' implies self-governing or independent decision-making; 'automated' implies following pre-programmed instructions without independent judgment.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember 'automate' has one 'm' and one 't'; the adjective/past participle is 'automated' (not 'automatted' or 'automaited').

💬 Examples

  1. The factory uses an automated assembly line to produce cars.

  2. She received an automated email confirming her reservation.

  3. His movements were so precise and repetitive that they seemed almost automated.

  4. The company automated its billing system last year.

  5. The team set up automated tests to run every time code is committed.

  6. Automated trading now accounts for a large percentage of stock market volume.