automatic
♦ auto|mat|ic /'ɔːtəm'ætɪk/ (automatics)
1 [ADJ]
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.
Modern trains have automatic doors.
2 [N-COUNT]
An automatic is a gun that keeps firing shots until you stop pulling the trigger.
He drew his automatic and began running in the direction of the sounds...
3 [N-COUNT]
An automatic is a car in which the gears change automatically as the car's speed increases or decreases.
4 [ADJ]
An automatic action is one that you do without thinking about it.
All of the automatic body functions, even breathing, are affected.
● automatically [ADV] usu ADV with v
Strangely enough, you will automatically wake up after this length of time...
5 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
If something such as an action or a punishment is automatic, it happens without people needing to think about it because it is the result of a fixed rule or method.
Those drivers should face an automatic charge of manslaughter...
● automatically [ADV] usu ADV with v, also ADV n/adj
As an account customer, you are automatically entitled to a variety of benefits...auto|mat|ic pi|lot
or autopilot
1 [PHRASE] v-link PHR, PHR after v
If you are on automatic pilot or on autopilot, you are acting without thinking about what you are doing, usually because you have done it many times before.
2 [N-SING]
An automatic pilot or an autopilot is a device in an aircraft that automatically keeps it on a particular course.auto|mat|ic trans|mis|sion
[N-UNCOUNT]
A car that is fitted with automatic transmission has a gear system in which the gears change automatically.
1 [ADJ]
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.
Modern trains have automatic doors.
2 [N-COUNT]
An automatic is a gun that keeps firing shots until you stop pulling the trigger.
He drew his automatic and began running in the direction of the sounds...
3 [N-COUNT]
An automatic is a car in which the gears change automatically as the car's speed increases or decreases.
4 [ADJ]
An automatic action is one that you do without thinking about it.
All of the automatic body functions, even breathing, are affected.
● automatically [ADV] usu ADV with v
Strangely enough, you will automatically wake up after this length of time...
5 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
If something such as an action or a punishment is automatic, it happens without people needing to think about it because it is the result of a fixed rule or method.
Those drivers should face an automatic charge of manslaughter...
● automatically [ADV] usu ADV with v, also ADV n/adj
As an account customer, you are automatically entitled to a variety of benefits...auto|mat|ic pi|lot
or autopilot
1 [PHRASE] v-link PHR, PHR after v
If you are on automatic pilot or on autopilot, you are acting without thinking about what you are doing, usually because you have done it many times before.
2 [N-SING]
An automatic pilot or an autopilot is a device in an aircraft that automatically keeps it on a particular course.auto|mat|ic trans|mis|sion
[N-UNCOUNT]
A car that is fitted with automatic transmission has a gear system in which the gears change automatically.