"autopilot" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-autopilot.wav [Southern-England] Forms: autopilots [plural]
Etymology: auto- + pilot Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|auto|pilot}} auto- + pilot Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} autopilot (countable and uncountable, plural autopilots)
  1. (aviation, nautical) A mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic system used to guide a vehicle without assistance from a human being. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Aviation, Nautical Translations (guiding system): автопило́т (avtopilót) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 自動駕駛儀 (Chinese Mandarin), 自动驾驶仪 (zìdòng jiàshǐyí) (Chinese Mandarin), 自動駕駛 (Chinese Mandarin), 自动驾驶 (zìdòng jiàshǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), autopilot [common-gender] (Danish), automatische piloot [masculine] (Dutch), automaattiohjaus (Finnish), autopilotti (Finnish), pilote automatique [masculine] (French), Autopilot [masculine] (German), オートパイロット (ōtopairotto) (Japanese), 오토파일럿 (otopailleot) (Korean), автопи́лот (avtopílot) [masculine] (Macedonian), autopandu (Malay), autojuruterbang (note: of aircraft) (Malay), autopilot [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), autopilot [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), automatyczny pilot [masculine] (Polish), autopilot [masculine] (Polish), piloto automático [masculine] (Portuguese), pilot automat [masculine] (Romanian), автопило́т (avtopilót) [masculine] (Russian), piloto automático [masculine] (Spanish), autopiloto [masculine] (Spanish), autopilot [common-gender] (Swedish), otopilot [masculine] (Turkish), автопіло́т (avtopilót) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-autopilot-en-noun-No3~Bwlp Categories (other): English terms prefixed with auto- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with auto-: 38 37 25 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, nautical, physical-sciences, transport Disambiguation of 'guiding system': 83 17
  2. (by extension, figuratively) A state of mind where one no longer thinks about doing one's actions, but acts mechanically. Tags: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable Translations (state of mind): автопило́т (avtopilót) [masculine] (Bulgarian), automatizmus (Hungarian), gépiesség (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-autopilot-en-noun-zpF6r6bM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with auto- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 53 21 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with auto-: 38 37 25 Disambiguation of 'state of mind': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: automatic

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-autopilot.wav [Southern-England] Forms: autopilots [present, singular, third-person], autopiloting [participle, present], autopiloted [participle, past], autopiloted [past]
Etymology: auto- + pilot Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|auto|pilot}} auto- + pilot Head templates: {{en-verb}} autopilot (third-person singular simple present autopilots, present participle autopiloting, simple past and past participle autopiloted)
  1. (intransitive, of a vehicle) To pilot itself; to drive or travel automatically. Tags: intransitive Related terms: cruise control, go through the motions
    Sense id: en-autopilot-en-verb-l6NGtIzh Categories (other): English terms prefixed with auto- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with auto-: 38 37 25

Inflected forms

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      "word": "自动驾驶仪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "word": "自動駕駛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zìdòng jiàshǐ",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "word": "自动驾驶"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "autopilot"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "automatische piloot"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "word": "automaattiohjaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "word": "autopilotti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pilote automatique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Autopilot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ōtopairotto",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "word": "オートパイロット"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "otopailleot",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "word": "오토파일럿"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "avtopílot",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "автопи́лот"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "word": "autopandu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "note": "of aircraft",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "word": "autojuruterbang"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autopilot"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autopilot"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "automatyczny pilot"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autopilot"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piloto automático"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pilot automat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "avtopilót",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "автопило́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piloto automático"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autopiloto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "autopilot"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "otopilot"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "avtopilót",
      "sense": "guiding system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "автопіло́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "avtopilót",
      "sense": "state of mind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "автопило́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "state of mind",
      "word": "automatizmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "state of mind",
      "word": "gépiesség"
    }
  ],
  "word": "autopilot"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with auto-",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs"
  ],
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        "2": "auto",
        "3": "pilot"
      },
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      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "autopilots",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "autopiloting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "autopiloted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "autopiloted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "cruise control"
    },
    {
      "word": "go through the motions"
    }
  ],
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        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
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        "To pilot itself; to drive or travel automatically."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pilot",
          "pilot"
        ],
        [
          "automatic",
          "automatic"
        ]
      ],
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        "(intransitive, of a vehicle) To pilot itself; to drive or travel automatically."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a vehicle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "autopilot"
}

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