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English

Etymology

link +? -age

Noun

linkage (countable and uncountable, plural linkages)

1. A mechanical device that connects things.

   A linkage in my car's transmission is broken so I can't shift out of first gear.

2. A connection or relation between things or ideas.

   Synonyms: association, bond, connection, link, relationship

3. (genetics) The property of genes of being inherited together.
4. (linguistics) A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund.
5. (US, politics, historical) A United States foreign policy, during the 1970s détente in the Cold War, of persuading the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for nuclear and economic concessions.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• Joe Miller (24 January 2018) , “Davos jargon: A crime against the English language?”, in BBC News?^[1], BBC

Anagrams

• leaking

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