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automatics

automatics is the plural of automatic.

Meaning of automatic

Noun

automatic (plural automatics)

  1. A car with an automatic transmission; the transmission itself.
    • I never learned to drive a stick. I can only drive an automatic.
  2. A semi-automatic pistol.
    • The G-men raiding the speakeasy were equipped with .45 automatics, while the local policemen were carrying revolvers and shotguns.

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Questions about automatics

What is automatics the plural of?
Automatics is the plural of automatic.

Words near automatics in the dictionary

  1. automaticisms
  2. automaticities
  3. automaticity
  4. automatick
  5. automaticness
  6. automatics
  7. automating
  8. automation
  9. automation bias
  10. automation complacency
  11. automations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: automatics (page history and authors); automatic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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