Past tense of automate
regular verb
The past tense of automate is automated. The past participle is also automated.
Forms of automate
| Base form (V1) | automate /ˈɔːtəmeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | automated /ˈɔːtəmeɪtɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | automated /ˈɔːtəmeɪtɪd/ |
| Present participle | automating |
| Third person singular | automates |
Automated in a sentence
- In the early '60's a Yoyodyne executive living near L.A. and located someplace in the corporate root-system above supervisor but below vice-president, found himself, at age 39, automated out of a job.1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 5, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 83
- They fear it might disadvantage honest participants to allow automated entries.From the entry disadvantage
- After the management automated the factory, the machinists were out of a job.From the entry out of a job
- Ironically, the automated checkout system ended up costing more in repairs than the workers it was meant to replace.From the entry ironically
- An automated license plate reader is positioned between some trees at the entrance of Lowe's in Newington.2026 May 6, Jayne Chacko, “License plate readers now at Home Depot, Lowe's Home Improvement stores”, in NBC Connecticut, archived from the…. From the entry Newington
Meaning of automate
- verb To replace or enhance human labor with machines.
Questions about the past tense of automate
- What is the past tense of automate?
- The past tense of automate is automated.
- What is the past participle of automate?
- The past participle of automate is automated.
- Is automate a regular or irregular verb?
- Automate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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