different between automate vs semiautomate

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??to??me?t/, [???o??me?t]
• Rhymes: -e?t

Verb

automate (third-person singular simple present automates, present participle automating, simple past and past participle automated)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To replace or enhance human labor with machines.

   Many offices still need to automate.

   We saved time and money by automating the process.

Synonyms

• robotize

Related terms

• automat
• automatic
• automation
• automatization
• automatize
• automaton

Translations

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (autómaton), neuter of ????????? (autómatos, “self moving, self willed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.t?.mat/, /?.t?.mat/

Noun

automate m (plural automates)

1. automaton

Descendants

• ? Russian: automat (automat)

Further reading

• “automate” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.u.to?ma.te/

Adjective

automate

1. nominative feminine plural of automat
2. accusative feminine plural of automat
3. nominative neuter plural of automat
4. accusative neuter plural of automat

Noun

automate

1. plural of automat

English

Etymology

semi- +? automate

Verb

semiautomate (third-person singular simple present semiautomates, present participle semiautomating, simple past and past participle semiautomated)

1. (transitive) To automate to some degree, without entirely eliminating manual work.