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Word: Robot
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1920s: from Czech, from robota ‘forced labour’. The term was coined in K. Čapek's play R.U.R ‘Rossum's Universal Robots’ (1920)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈrəʊbɒt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(especially in science fiction) a machine resembling a human being and able to replicate certain human movements and functions automatically
Short Definition:machine resembling human being
Examples:- the robot closed the door behind us
- a sci-fi movie about time-travelling killer robots
Definition:
a set of automatic traffic lights
Short Definition:set of automatic traffic lights
Examples:- waiting at a robot I caught the eye of a young woman
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