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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ro•bot /ˈroʊbət, -bɑt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Mechanical Engineeringa machine that looks something like a human and does mechanical tasks.
- Mechanical Engineeringa machine that performs such tasks automatically.
- one who acts and responds in a mechanical, routine manner:In his new job he became a robot, mindlessly filling out forms.
ro•bot•ic, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ro•bot (rō′bət, -bot),USA pronunciation n. - Mechanical Engineeringa machine that resembles a human and does mechanical, routine tasks on command.
- a person who acts and responds in a mechanical, routine manner, usually subject to another's will; automaton.
- Mechanical Engineeringany machine or mechanical device that operates automatically with humanlike skill.
adj. - Mechanical Engineeringoperating automatically:a robot train operating between airline terminals.
- Czech, coined by Karel Čapek in the play R.U.R. (1920) from the base robot-, as in robota compulsory labor, robotník peasant owing such labor
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: robot /ˈrəʊbɒt/ n - any automated machine programmed to perform specific mechanical functions in the manner of a man
- (modifier) not controlled by man; automatic: a robot pilot
- a person who works or behaves like a machine; automaton
- South African a set of traffic lights
Etymology: 20th Century: (used in R.U.R., a play by Karel Čapek) from Czech robota work; related to Old Slavonic rabota servitude, German Arbeit workroˈbotic adj ˈrobot-ˌlike adj |