Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

automatize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-tom-a-tize
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make or become automatic.

verb

To cause to be automated; to automate.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Student responses are gradually automatized through repetition."
"[…] automatize the most basic maths facts and then (ultimately) to automatize a fair proportion of the entire repertoire of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division maths facts."
"We need to automatize our production facility."
"Now thinking is required to build truly automatic factories. Only a war, he [Norbert Wiener] believes, could automatize industry overnight."

Etymology

From French automatiser, from automate (“automaton”). Equivalent to automate + -ize.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: automatiser
Suffix: automate

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

automatizes (present, singular) automatizing (participle, present) automatized (participle, past) automatized (past) automatise (alternative)

Derived Forms

automatization

Frequently Paired Words

automat automate automation automaton

Synonyms

automatise automate

Questions

What does automatize mean?: To make or become automatic.
Where does automatize come from?: It is traced to French.

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