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An automatic machine or device is able to operate independently of human control: automatic doors. automatic focus on a camera. An automatic gun is able to keep loading (= adding bullets) and shooting continuously for as long as the trigger is pressed: The state banned the sale of automatic weapons. an automatic rifle.
Automatic definition: having the capability of starting, operating, moving, etc., independently. See examples of AUTOMATIC used in a sentence.
The meaning of AUTOMATIC is largely or wholly involuntary; especially : reflex. How to use automatic in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Automatic.
An automatic machine or device is one which has controls that enable it to perform a task without needing to be constantly operated by a person. Automatic methods and processes involve the use of such machines.
The word automatic can be used to describe a machine that works on its own, performing its tasks with little or no human intervention, such as an automatic transmission on a car. Or, automatic can describe a person whose actions are like a machine's.
a. (of a device, mechanism, etc) able to activate, move, or regulate itself. b. (of an act or process) performed by such automatic equipment. 3. (Physiology) (of the action of a muscle, gland, etc) involuntary or reflex.
done or happening without thinking synonym instinctive. Breathing is an automatic function of the body. My reaction was automatic. always happening as a result of a particular action or situation. A fine for this offence is automatic. Promotion was almost automatic after two or three years. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin.
