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Robot Noun ˈrəʊbɒt ˈrəʊbɑːt Cars Built Flight Responsible

Word3 robot
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ˈrəʊbɒt/ /ˈrəʊbɑːt/
Example
  • these cars are built by robots.
  • on her first flight she was responsible for operating the shuttle's robot arm.
  • a toy robot
  • the action starts when an army of giant robots invades manhattan.
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robot

(noun)/ˈrəʊbɒt/ /ˈrəʊbɑːt/
  1. a machine that can perform a complicated series of tasks by itself
    • These cars are built by robots.
    • On her first flight she was responsible for operating the shuttle's robot arm.
  2. (especially in stories) a machine that is made to look like a human and that can do some things that a human can do
    • a toy robot
    • The action starts when an army of giant robots invades Manhattan.
  3. a traffic light
    • Turn left at the first robot.

    Word Origin

    • from Czech, from robota ‘forced labour’. The term was coined in K. Čapek's play R.U.R. ‘ Rossum's Universal Robots’ (1920).
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