The meaning of Automatic

adjective

Operated by largely automatic equipment.

Usage examples:

A fully automated process

verb

Convert (a process or facility) to be operated by largely automatic equipment.

Usage examples:

Industry is investing in automating production

adjective

(of a system, device, etc.) adapted so as to be operated by computer.

Usage examples:

The advantages of computerized accounting

verb

Adapt (a system, device, etc.) to be operated by computer.

Usage examples:

He directed the finance department to computerize the entire pension system

adjective

Controlled by or produced by a computer, especially when something was previously done by people or other machines

Usage examples:

The county recently switched to computerized voting., manufacturing processes have become increasin…

adjective

(of a device) having or operating with components such as microchips and transistors that control and direct electric currents.

Usage examples:

An electronic calculator

adjective

Involving a system of operation that involves the control of a flow of electrons esp. in various devices including computers

Usage examples:

Electronic components/equipment, electronic banking, the huge electronic scoreboard showed a replay…

adjective

Using, based on, or used in a system of operation which involves the control of electric current by various devices, such as microchips

Usage examples:

Electronic games/gadgets/goods, they design integrated circuits and other electronic components., e…

adjective

Acting or done without forethought.

Usage examples:

They'd married as impulsive teenagers

adjective

Acting or done suddenly without any planning or consideration of the results

Usage examples:

She’s an impulsive shopper and often buys things she doesn’t need.

adjective

Relating to or prompted by instinct; done without conscious thought.

Usage examples:

An instinctive distaste for conflict

Unthinking

adjective

(of behavior or actions) not thought about, planned, or learned

Usage examples:

My instinctive reaction was to walk away to avoid an argument., she instinctively understood how i …

adjective

Relating to or denoting an innate, typically fixed pattern of behaviour; based on instinct.

Usage examples:

An instinctual survival response

adjective

Happening naturally, as a result of instinct, rather than being thought about, planned, or developed by training

Usage examples:

Those who struggle to control their instinctual passions, he says his decisions that day were insti…

adjective

Done without will or conscious control.

Usage examples:

She gave an involuntary shudder

adjective

Not done willingly, or not done intentionally

Usage examples:

A sharp tap beneath the knee usually causes an involuntary movement of the lower leg., the driver o…

adjective

Not done by choice, or not done as a result of someone's decision or intention

Usage examples:

Involuntary unemployment means that you suffer a total loss of salary as the result of the loss of …

adjective

Happening or existing as a result of habit, rather than careful consideration

Usage examples:

When asked about crime, the mayor’s knee-jerk reaction is to call for longer prison sentences.

adjective

Operated by a machine or machinery.

Usage examples:

A mechanical device

noun

The working parts of a vehicle.

Usage examples:

A major overhaul of the mechanicals

adjective

Of machines or their parts

Usage examples:

A mechanical problem, the garbagemen worked in a slow, mechanical way.

adjective

Operated by or equipped with machines; having undergone a process of mechanization.

Usage examples:

Mechanized factories emerged in the mid-nineteenth century

verb

Introduce machines or automatic devices into (a process or place).

Usage examples:

The farm was mechanized in the 1950s

adjective

(of instructions or data) programmed into an electronic device to control future action.

Usage examples:

The drones are designed to follow a preprogrammed route at the push of a button

verb

Program (an electronic device) in advance.

Usage examples:

You can preprogram the phone to list you as available

adjective

A push-button object is an electronic object that you control by pushing buttons

Usage examples:

A push-button phone

noun

An action that is performed without conscious thought as a response to a stimulus.

Usage examples:

A newborn baby is equipped with basic reflexes

adjective

(of an action) performed without conscious thought as an automatic response to a stimulus.

Usage examples:

Sneezing is a reflex action

noun

A sudden, automatic reaction to something

Usage examples:

He’s strong, always has good positioning, and his reflexes are fantastic.

adjective

Denoting a pronoun that refers back to the subject of the clause in which it is used, e.g. myself, themselves.

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The term emphatic pronoun refers to a reflexive pronoun used to emphasize a noun phrase, as in ‘the…

noun

A reflexive word or form, especially a pronoun.

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Np-anaphora can be encoded by gaps, pronouns, reflexives, names, and descriptions.

adjective

Relating to or of the nature of robots.

Usage examples:

A robotic device for performing surgery

adjective

(of a person or someone's behavior) like a robot in seeming to be mechanical or automatic

Usage examples:

He spoke in a robotic monotone.

adjective

Like or relating to a robot

Usage examples:

Japanese researchers have led the world in advances in robotic engineering., robotic surgery is mor…

adjective

Making your own decisions and organizing your own work rather than being told what to do by managers, teachers, etc.

Usage examples:

Self-directed teams/work, structured opportunities help students become more self-directed., a self…

adjective

Used to describe an industry, profession, etc. that checks that its members act according to particular rules, rather than having this done by another organization

Usage examples:

A self-regulatory body/organization the hksa is a self-regulatory body governing the professional c…

adjective

Performed or occurring as a result of a sudden impulse or inclination and without premeditation or external stimulus.

Usage examples:

The audience broke into spontaneous applause

Said or done without having been planned in advance

adjective

Happening naturally, without planning or encouragement

Usage examples:

A spontaneous performance, spontaneous affection, the children spontaneously gave us hugs and kisses.

adjective

Of or concerning the part of the mind of which one is not fully aware but which influences one's actions and feelings.

Usage examples:

My subconscious fear

noun

The subconscious part of the mind (not in technical use in psychoanalysis, where unconscious is preferred).

Usage examples:

Uncertainties were lurking around the edge of her subconscious

adjective

Without having been commanded or invited.

Usage examples:

Unbidden guests

adjective

Not invited or wanted

Usage examples:

At night, images would come unbidden into her mind.

adjective

Not subject to conditions or to an antecedent condition; unconditional.

Usage examples:

This is love unconditioned in its giving

adjective

Not awake and aware of and responding to one's environment.

Usage examples:

The boy was beaten unconscious

noun

The part of the mind which is inaccessible to the conscious mind but which affects behaviour and emotions.

Usage examples:

Horrific apparitions surfaced out of the recesses of his unconscious

Lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception

adjective

Not planned or meant.

Usage examples:

The unintended consequences of people's actions

adjective

Not done on purpose.

Usage examples:

The translation added a layer of unintentional comedy

adjective

Not planned or intended

adjective

Not having or needing a crew or staff.

Usage examples:

An unmanned level crossing

verb

Deprive of qualities traditionally associated with men, such as self-control or courage.

Usage examples:

Sitting in the dock awaiting a sentence will unman the stoutest heart

adjective

Not having or not needing people to operate or work correctly

Usage examples:

Both designs represent a new generation of unmanned aircraft, which began in the 1990s with robotic…

adjective

(of an act, remark, or state) not thought out or planned beforehand.

Usage examples:

It was a totally unpremeditated attack

adjective

(especially of a crime or something unpleasant) done without being planned

adjective

Expressed, done, or acting without proper consideration of the consequences.

Usage examples:

She was at pains to correct unthinking prejudices

adjective

Not based on serious thought or an examination of the information

Usage examples:

What annoys me about these people is their unthinking hostility to anything foreign or unfamiliar.