automatic
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- mechanical, automated, mechanized, push-button, self-propelling
- involuntary, instinctive, mechanical, natural, reflex, spontaneous, unconscious, unwilled

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Related Words: prompt, quick, ready, accustomed, confirmed, habitual, habituated

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I. au‧to‧mat‧ic¹ S3 AC /ˌɔːtəˈmætɪk◂ $ ˌɒː-/ adjective
[Word Family: adjective: automatic, automated; noun: automation; adverb: automatically]
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Greek; Origin: automatos 'acting by itself', from auto- ( ⇒ auto-)]

1. an automatic machine is designed to work without needing someone to operate it for each part of a process ⇒ manual:
an automatic weapon
an automatic gearbox
My camera is fully automatic.

2. something that is automatic always happens as a result of something you have done, especially because of a rule or law:
Littering results in an automatic fine.

3. done without thinking, especially because you have done the same thing many times before:
Practise the breathing techniques until they become automatic.

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II. automatic² noun [countable]

1. a weapon that can fire bullets continuously

2. a car with a system of gears that operate themselves without the driver needing to change them

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automatic
adj.
I. working by itself
VERBS be The machine is fully automatic.
ADV. completely, fully, totally

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automatic
II. certain to happen
VERBS be
ADV. almost, virtually Promotion was almost automatic after two or three years.

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