automate
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 8
/ˈɔː.tə.meɪt/
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/ˈɔː.tə.meɪt/ · /ˈɔ.təˌmeɪt/ · [ˈɔ.ɾəˌmeɪt] · /ˈɔ.toʊˌmeɪt/ · [ˈɔ.ɾoʊˌmeɪt] · /ˈɑ.təˌmeɪt/ · [ˈɑ.ɾəˌmeɪt] · /ˈɑ.toʊˌmeɪt/ · [ˈɑ.ɾoʊˌmeɪt] · /ˈoː.tə.mæɪt/ · [ˈoː.ɾə.mæɪt]
Definition of automate
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(ambitransitive)To replace or enhance human labor with machines.
“Many offices still need to automate.”
“We saved time and money by automating the process.”
“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.”
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Etymology
Back-formation from automation.
Words you can make from automate
83 playable · top: AUTOMAT (9 pts)
Best play automat 9 points6-letter words
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5 words4-letter words
25 words3-letter words
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- ATE 3 pts
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- TET 3 pts
- TOE 3 pts
- TOT 3 pts
- TUT 3 pts
- UTA 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
2-letter words
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