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mechanize

[ mek-uh-nahyz ]

verb (used with object)

mechanized, mechanizing.
  1. to make mechanical.
  2. to operate or perform by or as if by machinery.
  3. to introduce machinery into (an industry, enterprise, etc.), especially in order to replace manual labor.
  4. Military. to equip with tanks and other armored vehicles.


mechanize

/ ˈ³¾É›°ìəˌ²Ô²¹Éª³ú /

verb

  1. to equip (a factory, industry, etc) with machinery
  2. to make mechanical, automatic, or monotonous
  3. to equip (an army, etc) with motorized or armoured vehicles
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¾±ð³¦³ó²¹ËŒ²Ô¾±³ú±ð°ù, noun
  • ËŒ³¾±ð³¦³ó²¹²Ô¾±Ëˆ³ú²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¾±ð³¦³ó·²¹Â·²Ô¾±Â·³ú²¹Â·³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô [mek-, uh, -nahy-, zey, -sh, uh, n], noun
  • ³¾±ð³¦³ó·²¹Â·²Ô¾±³ú·±ð°ù noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·³¾±ð³¦³ó·²¹Â·²Ô¾±³ú±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mechanize1

First recorded in 1695–1705; mechan(ic) + -ize
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Example Sentences

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Bong and his team designed the spaceship, the Drakkar, to feel both futuristic and oppressively bureaucratic, like a deep-space factory where human life is mechanized and survival is optimized at the cost of individuality.

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Lumber production and employment had already been declining, in part because most old-growth trees had been cut and because newly mechanized mills required fewer workers.

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The car’s tire left a black tread-mark line recording mechanized urban movement, while Aguiñiga’s linear, ladder-like print charts a continuous, age-old human passage that cannot be stopped by artificially drawn political boundaries.

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Residents have struggled with high inflation, job losses as agricultural work becomes more mechanized, and a lack of child care and affordable housing.

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Both the parents and children who were interviewed believed the smaller size and less mechanized nature of their farms made them safer.

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