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# automatically

adverb

«automatically» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Automatically means by itself, done by a machine without a person needing to do it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/automatically/#m1)
2. Automatically means without thinking about it, out of habit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/automatically/#m2)
3. Automatically means always and necessarily, as a rule. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/automatically/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/automatically/#x1)
- The heater switches off automatically at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/automatically/#x2)
- You blink automatically without thinking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/automatically/#x3)
- The computer saves your work automatically. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/automatically/#x4)
- If you finish first, you don't automatically win: the answers must be right. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/automatically/#x5)
- She automatically reached for the light switch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/automatically/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «automatically» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/automatically/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«automatically» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/automatically.html) on Mova free.