SELF-OPERATING Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

self-operating

adjective

ˌself-ˈä-pə-ˌrā-tiŋ

Definition of self-operating

as in automated

designed to replace or decrease human labor and especially physical labor vehicular access to the building complex is controlled by a self-operating gate opener

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Recent Examples of self-operating In March 2024, Cognition Labs’ Devin, the self-operating software engineer, grabbed headlines as a proof-of-concept for what agentic AI could be. — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025 Food and Nutrition Services runs a self-operating budget within the school district and does not receive money from the district’s general fund. — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025 Autonomous Material Transport Progress in autonomous material transport has refined manufacturing processes, as drones and self-operating vehicles now efficiently move goods. — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024 Walk into the Anna Hiss Gymnasium at the University of Texas, and an autonomous, or self-operating, robot might just pass by you. — Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for self-operating

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The system monitors equipment conditions, identifies abnormalities, and can initiate automated responses.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
The Stop Flock Abuse Act would regulate automated license plate readers by imposing stricter limits on data, security and search functions.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of automated

Adjective

District winners earn automatic berths into the FHSAA playoffs.

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
The Independent Payment Advisory Board, which was supposed to force automatic Medicare cuts if spending exceeded target growth rates, was repealed in 2018 without ever becoming operational.

— Dana P. Goldman, STAT, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of automatic

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Five of the world's space agencies joined forces for the five-year mission that will attempt to land a robotic prospector and a rover on Phobos, the larger and closer of Mars' two pint-sized moons.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
The experiment, conducted by computer scientists at Binghamton University in New York, exposed a security weakness in large language models (LLMs) used to plan robotic actions.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026

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