Standard Lemma guide

mechanization

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American: /ˌmɛkənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: M EH2 K AH0 N AH0 Z EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The use of machinery to replace human or animal labour, especially in agriculture and industry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • automation replaces human workers by machines

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: automation, mechanisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: high technology, high tech

Narrower terms: computerization, cybernation

3

noun

Meaning 3

the condition of having a highly technical implementation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mechanisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: condition, status

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English mechanize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English mechanization From mechanize + -ation.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَكْنَنَة (maknana) — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Arabic: مَيْكَنَة (maykana) — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Asturian: mecanización — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Belarusian: механіза́цыя (mjexanizácyja) — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Bulgarian: механиза́ция (mehanizácija) — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Catalan: mecanització — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Chinese Mandarin: 機械化 /机械化 (jīxièhuà) — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Czech: mechanizace — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Danish: mekanisering — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Finnish: koneistus — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Finnish: koneistaminen — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Finnish: koneellistaminen — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • French: mécanisation — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Galician: mecanización — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • German: Mechanisierung — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Greek: εκμηχάνιση (ekmichánisi) — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Hindi: मशीनीकरण (maśīnīkraṇ) — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Hindi: यंत्रीकरण (yantrīkraṇ) — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Italian: meccanizzazione — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Japanese: 機械化 (kikaika) — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Kazakh: механикаландыру (mexanikalandyru) — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Korean: 기계화 (gigyehwa) — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Macedonian: механизација (mehanizacija) — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mekanisering — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Polish: mechanizacja — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Portuguese: mecanização — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Romanian: mecanizare — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Russian: механиза́ция (mexanizácija) — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Serbo-Croatian: механиза́ција — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Serbo-Croatian: mehanizácija — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Slovak: mechanizácia — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Slovene: mehanizacija — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Spanish: mecanización — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Swedish: mekanisering — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour
  • Ukrainian: механіза́ція (mexanizácija) — the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour