automatize
automatize verb: to make or become automatic.
Verb
automatize (third-person singular simple present automatizes, present participle automatizing, simple past and past participle automatized)
- To make or become automatic.
- 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.2003, Dorian Yeo, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and Mathematics, Wiley-Blackwell
- To cause to be automated; to automate.
- 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.1955 June, “Science and Industry”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN, archived from the original on 20 Nov 2025
Forms of automatize
| third-person singular present | automatizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | automatizing |
| past participle | automatized |
| past | automatized |
| alternative form | automatise |
Origin of automatize
From French automatiser, from automate (“automaton”). Equivalent to automate + -ize.
Words formed from automatize
Questions about automatize
- What does automatize mean?
- Automatize means to make or become automatic.
- What part of speech is automatize?
- Automatize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of automatize?
- The past tense of automatize is automatized.
Words near automatize in the dictionary
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