The word "automatic" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use the word to refer to a machine that can function without direct human control or an action that is done without thinking. For example, "The robot had an automatic response to its input."
It said that if automatic spending cuts go into force and all the Bush-era tax cuts expire, the nation would slip into recession next year and unemployment would rise to 9.1 percent, from October's rate of 7.9 percent.
It's a serious hassle to shut down a bank account and transfer money to a new one, especially with direct deposit, automatic bill payments, and the like.
The attackers used grenade launchers and automatic weapons to fire at the Ukrainian column, hitting an armoured personnel carrier.
Daniel: It's quite surprising really, considering that we've only been doing this experiment a few weeks, but we already have some new habits that are really established now – they're almost an automatic reaction.
Film from cameras equipped with mobile automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) is being analysed to establish whether a pattern can be detected of vehicles on the fatal nights.
An AEC spokesman told Guardian Australia the counting and scrutiny of about 15,000 postal and pre-poll votes means a further delay in the declaration of a result, with an automatic recount triggered if the difference between the two leading candidates is less than 100 votes.
I asked them to show me a Porsche with an automatic gearbox and the salesman called over all the other salesmen and they stood around absolutely roaring with laughter.
What's so funny is that they now do have automatic gearboxes - I mean, everybody has".
Other rights that are automatic for UK nationals, but that residents from other EU countries must pass a "right to reside" test to qualify for are also very easily bypassed by claiming to be self employed.
Boro host Wolves on Tuesday as they look to keep pace with Bournemouth and Norwich, who occupy the automatic promotion spots.
We have debriefs at work, where we discuss certain cases and they can be very helpful to ally the automatic fear, "Could I have done anything differently?" To me this is normal; I go to work, do my job and go home again to my family.
