robot
/ˈɹoʊ.bɑt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour.
Uncountable
noun
An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal.
noun
A machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed.
noun
A person who does not seem to have any emotions or individuality.
noun
A traffic light (from earlier robot policeman).
Example Sentences
- "“I say again, down with the robot!—he is a dog who yields it!”"
- "Although the robot varied from region to region, it was rarely less than burdensome."
- "Young Rossum invented a worker with a minimum amount of requirements. He had to simplify him. He rejected everything that did not contribute directly to the progress of work—everything that makes man more expensive. In fact, he rejected man and made the Robot. My dear Miss Glory, the Robots are not people. Mechanically they are more perfect than we are, they have an enormously developed intelligence, but they have no soul."
- "The robots in Dick's novel, loosely adapted by Ridley Scott into the film Blade Runner, were so similar to humans that when they went rogue, trained bounty hunters were called in to perform psychological tests to see whether suspected androids lacked human empathy."
- "We have a robot in the house that does the vacuuming."
- "It's painfully slow and complex work which has never been attempted before in these conditions: the small box-shaped robots, equipped with two claws, are operating in almost freezing water 5,000ft below the surface, in pitch black and strong currents."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₃erbʰ-, Robot, -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹoʊ.bɑt/
- British English: /ˈɹəʊ.bɒt/