autopilot C2 Topic:Transportation US /ˈɔtoʊˌpaɪlət/ UK /ˈɔːtəʊˌpaɪlət/ See IPA manual Freq #22335 Meanings 1 noun A system that automatically steers a vehicle, plane, or ship without a person controlling it. Once at cruising altitude, the pilot switched on the autopilot. 2 noun A state in which you do things automatically, without really thinking about them. By the end of the long shift she was running on autopilot. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a system that automatically... automatic pilot 2 noun · a state in which you do... automatic pilot Word family Related forms automatic Common collocations on autopilot Preposition + noun Etymology AI details From auto- + pilot. Topics Transportation External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # autopilot **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɔtoʊˌpaɪlət/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɔːtəʊˌpaɪlət/ **Frequency rank:** 22335 ## Meanings 1. A system that automatically steers a vehicle, plane, or ship without a person controlling it. 2. A state in which you do things automatically, without really thinking about them. ## Examples - Once at cruising altitude, the pilot switched on the autopilot. - By the end of the long shift she was running on autopilot. ## Related Forms - automatic ## Etymology From auto- + pilot. ## AI Etymology Autopilot is formed from auto- + pilot. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern form is built from the named base and affix. Current senses include a system that automatically steers a vehicle, plane, or ship without a person controlling it and a state in which you do things automatically, without really thinking about them. The wider family includes related words such as automatic. ## Topics - Transportation markdown