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- Dictionarymechanized/ˈmɛkənʌɪzd/
adjective
- 1. operated by or equipped with machines; having undergone a process of mechanization: "mechanized factories emerged in the mid-nineteenth century"
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MECHANIZED definition: 1. using a machine to do something that used to be done by hand: 2. using a machine to do…. Learn more.
especially : to make automatic or routine. 2. a. : to equip with machinery especially to replace human or animal labor. b. : to equip with armed and armored motor vehicles. c. : to provide with mechanical power. 3. : to produce by or as if by machine. mechanizable. ˈme-kə-ˌnī-zə-bəl. adjective. mechanization. ˌme-kə-nə-ˈzā-shən. noun. mechanizer.
When you use machines to streamline a process or job, you mechanize it. If you’re tired of pedaling uphill, mechanize your bike by putting a motor on it. Whenever someone uses automation or technology to do work that was previously done by humans, they mechanize that work.
mech·a·nize. (mĕk′ə-nīz′) tr.v. mech·a·nized, mech·a·niz·ing, mech·a·niz·es. 1. To equip with machinery: mechanize a factory. 2. To equip (a military unit) with motor vehicles, such as tanks and trucks. 3. To make automatic or unspontaneous; render routine or monotonous.
mechanize. / ˈmɛkəˌnaɪz / verb. to equip (a factory, industry, etc) with machinery. to make mechanical, automatic, or monotonous. to equip (an army, etc) with motorized or armoured vehicles.
verb. If someone mechanizes a process, they cause it to be done by a machine or machines, when it was previously done by people. Only gradually are technologies being developed to mechanize the task. [VERB noun] Perhaps, in time, this treatment will be mechanised. [VERB noun] mechanized adjective. ...highly mechanised production methods.
to use machines to do something that used to be done by hand: Farming has been mechanized, reducing the need for labour. Work is done in a highly mechanized way. (Definition of mechanize from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
the process of introducing a machine to do something that used to be done by hand: The decline in farm population was caused by increased mechanization of agriculture. The early phases of the Industrial Revolution were closely linked to the mechanization of the textile industry. See. mechanize. Fewer examples.
Definition of mechanize verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
mechanized meaning, definition, what is mechanized: a mechanized system or process now uses ...: Learn more.
