robotise

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A form of robotize — To give something (or someone) the characteristics of a robot.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

verbrobotise (third-person singular simple present robotises, present participle robotising, simple past and past participle robotised)

present singular third person robotises · participle present robotising · participle past robotised · past robotised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of robotize.

    "We robotise events, you might say. What we don't like is journalists trying to write beautifully. […]

    2012 June 8, Joris Luyendijk, “Salesman for software company selling to HFT firms: 'We robotise events'”, in The Guardian
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    The "Becoming Real" remix of the track adds dubby space and bleeps to the mix and computerises the draggy beat and robotises the vocals – Veronica appears to be chanting "black lesbian" over and over, which is cool.

    2010 June 15, Paul Lester, “Teeth (No 808)”, in The Guardian

    Journalism is not equivalent to hiring a taxi or robotising a repetitive assembly line task or renting a holiday home. It is a creative activity that cherishes democracy by holding power to account.

    2015 April 7, Roy Greenslade, “Democracy will die if professional journalists go to the wall”, in The Guardian

    I put in my card, pressed a few buttons and the robotised order-picking system delivered my coffee. Not a barista in sight.

    2017 February 2, Giles Fraser, “Robots can take our jobs, but they will never render obsolete our love”, in The Guardian

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APA

robotise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/robotise

MLA

“robotise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/robotise. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “robotise,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/robotise.

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