verb
Meaning 1
To equip something with machinery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
mechanize
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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/ˈmɛkənaɪz/
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verb
Meaning 2
To equip a military unit with tanks and other armed vehicles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To make something routine, automatic or monotonous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
make mechanical
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- mechanize the procedure
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mechanise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
Narrower terms: dehumanize, dehumanise
verb
Meaning 5
make monotonous; make automatic or routine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- If your work becomes too mechanized, change jobs!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mechanise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
verb
Meaning 6
equip with armed and armored motor vehicles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- mechanize armies
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mechanise, motorize, motorise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: equip, fit, fit out, outfit
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مَكْنَنَ (maknana) — to equip with machinery
- Asturian: mecanizar — to equip with machinery
- Belarusian: механізава́ць (mjexanizavácʹ) — to equip with machinery
- Bulgarian: механизи́рам (mehanizíram) — to equip with machinery
- Catalan: mecanitzar — to equip with machinery
- Chinese Mandarin: 機械化 /机械化 (jīxièhuà) — to equip with machinery
- Finnish: koneellistaa — to equip with machinery
- Finnish: mekanisoida — to equip with machinery
- French: mécaniser — to equip with machinery
- Galician: mecanizar — to equip with machinery
- Georgian: მექანიზება (mekanizeba) — to equip with machinery
- German: mechanisieren — to equip with machinery
- Italian: meccanizzare — to equip with machinery
- Japanese: 機械化する (kikaika suru) — to equip with machinery
- Korean: 기계화하다 (gigyehwahada) — to equip with machinery
- Macedonian: механизи́ра (mehanizíra) — to equip with machinery
- Polish: mechanizować — to equip with machinery
- Polish: zmechanizować — to equip with machinery
- Portuguese: mecanizar — to equip with machinery
- Russian: механизи́ровать (mexanizírovatʹ) — to equip with machinery
- Spanish: mecanizar — to equip with machinery
- Ukrainian: механізува́ти (mexanizuváty) — to equip with machinery
- Finnish: mekanisoida — military: to equip with vehicles
- Finnish: mekaanistaa — to make something routine, automatic or monotonous
- Polish: mechanizować — to make something routine, automatic or monotonous
- Polish: zmechanizować — to make something routine, automatic or monotonous