Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for automatic. Search instead for automatischer.
Definitions

automatic

[aw-tuh-mat-ik] / ˌɔ təˈmæt ɪk /




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

She had to set up automatic sprinklers to keep the outdoor plants alive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Alexander disease can interfere with movement, thinking, and automatic bodily functions such as breathing and heart rate.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

The cuts will be automatic unless Congress acts to strengthen the system.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

BBC Sport has been told that there is no automatic mechanism to remove City from a European competition they qualify for on sporting merit.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

They’d been on television, a sea of men in orange sitting on a roadway filthy with feces and garbage, surrounded by guards with automatic rifles.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

While manual transmissions were once common enough to be called “standard,” in recent decades, they’ve lost some of their cost advantage over automatics, noted Bill Stokes, a product planner for Subaru.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

For learner drivers, Ms Howe said, automatics can make the test easier, as "there's just a lot less to do".

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025

However, the delay doesn’t change the outcome: The CFP will shift the access format from six automatic qualifiers and six at-large bids to five automatics and seven at-larges.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2024

That’s despite the fact that automatics left manuals in their dust years ago.

From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2021

She saw with relief that they were regulation army automatics, with whose use she was familiar from much target practise with Seaton.

From The Skylark of Space by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith


Vocabulary lists containing automatic

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training