automatically

«automatically» in Mova's school dictionary: by itself, done by a machine without a person needing to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

1) Automatically means by itself, done by a machine without a person needing to do it. tree →

2) Automatically means without thinking about it, out of habit. tree →

3) Automatically means always and necessarily, as a rule. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and technology: automatic doors open automatically, phones update automatically, lights switch on automatically. In science, some body actions happen automatically (blinking, breathing, the heart beating). In school and games: «If you are late, you automatically lose a point».

examples

• The doors open automatically when you walk up to them. tree →
• The heater switches off automatically at night. tree →
• You blink automatically without thinking. tree →
• The computer saves your work automatically. tree →
• If you finish first, you don't automatically win: the answers must be right. tree →
• She automatically reached for the light switch. tree →

note

Adverb from «automatic» + -ally (not «automaticly»). Noun: automation. Robots and machines do things automatically, but someone still had to set them up.

In the corpora

• Streaming plays the next episode automatically to keep you watching; turning off autoplay helps you decide when to stop.
• A free trial often renews into a paid subscription automatically unless you cancel it in time; companies count on people forgetting.
• Each lighthouse flashes its own pattern, so sailors know which one they are seeing; British lighthouses now run automatically, without keepers.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «automatically» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.