autopilot
/ˈɔːtəʊˌpaɪlət/US/ˈɔtoʊˌpaɪlət/
autopilot noun: a mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic system used to guide a vehicle without assistance from a human being.
Noun
autopilot (countable and uncountable, plural autopilots)
- A mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic system used to guide a vehicle without assistance from a human being.
- I set the autopilot to due south, so I could get some rest.
- A state of mind where one no longer thinks about doing one's actions, but acts mechanically.
- I've been doing this 12 hours non-stop, and am so hungry and tired that I've stopped thinking: I'm now on autopilot.
- But while the wackiness gets exasperating fast (a running joke about Hazel’s father, played by Ray Romano on autopilot, having a sex doll for a wife is even unfunnier than it sounds), Milioti works overtime to keep us invested.2021 March 31, Benjamin Lee, “Made for Love review – Black Mirror-esque comedy needs an upgrade”, in The Guardian
Verb
autopilot (third-person singular simple present autopilots, present participle autopiloting, simple past and past participle autopiloted)
- To pilot itself; to drive or travel automatically.
autopilot meaning in Tamil and Malay
autopilot in Tamil
- தன்னியக்க ஓட்டி, தானியங்கு விமானி ஓட்டி, தானோட்டி, தானேவலவன்
autopilot in Malay
- guiding system
- autopandu, autojuruterbang
Examples of autopilot in a sentence
- The pilot had to disable the autopilot of his airplane.
- Another difficulty has been that autopilots are designed for ordinary flying.
- Once this Fantasyland had kicked in, he would be on autopilot: all the necessary motivation would be provided for him.
Forms of autopilot
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | autopilots |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | autopilots |
| present participle | autopiloting |
| past participle | autopiloted |
| past | autopiloted |
Origin of autopilot
From auto- + pilot.
Questions about autopilot
- What does autopilot mean?
- Autopilot means a mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic system used to guide a vehicle without assistance from a human being.
- What is autopilot in Tamil?
- Autopilot in Tamil is தன்னியக்க ஓட்டி, தானியங்கு விமானி ஓட்டி, தானோட்டி. See Autopilot meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is autopilot?
- Autopilot can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce autopilot?
- Autopilot is pronounced /ˈɔːtəʊˌpaɪlət/ (UK).
- What is the plural of autopilot?
- The plural of autopilot is autopilots.
Words near autopilot in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: autopilot (page history and authors); autopilot (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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