autopilot

From auto- + pilot.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːtəʊˌpaɪlət/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔtoʊˌpaɪlət/, [ˈɔ.ɾoʊˌpaɪlət]
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɑtoʊˌpaɪlət/, [ˈɑ.ɾoʊˌpaɪlət]

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.

   I set the autopilot to due south, so I could get some rest.

2. (by extension, figuratively) A state of mind where one no longer thinks about doing one's actions, but acts mechanically.

   I've been doing this 12 hours non-stop, and am so hungry and tired that I've stopped thinking: I'm now on autopilot.

   • 2021 March 31, Benjamin Lee, “Made for Love review – Black Mirror-esque comedy needs an upgrade”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     But while the wackiness gets exasperating fast (a running joke about Hazel’s father, played by Ray Romano on autopilot, having a sex doll for a wife is even unfunnier than it sounds), Milioti works overtime to keep us invested.

• automatic

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.

• cruise control
• go through the motions

auto- +‎ pilot, from English autopilot

autopilot m (definite singular autopiloten, indefinite plural autopiloter, definite plural autopilotene)

1. (aviation, nautical) an autopilot

• “autopilot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

auto- +‎ pilot, from English autopilot

autopilot m (definite singular autopiloten, indefinite plural autopilotar, definite plural autopilotane)

1. (aviation, nautical) an autopilot

• “autopilot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From auto- + pilot. First attested in 1927.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /aw.tɔˈpi.lɔt/
• Rhymes: -ilɔt
• Syllabification: au‧to‧pi‧lot

autopilot m animal

1. (aviation, nautical, navigation, technology) autopilot

   Synonym: automatyczny pilot

• “autopilot”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “autopilot”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Borrowed from French autopilote.

autopilot m (plural autopiloți)

1. autopilot

auto- +‎ pilot

autopilot c

1. an autopilot