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autopilot

noun

A navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course

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Word Facts

Word length
9
Starts with
A
Ends with
T
Contains
UT
Scrabble score
11
CEFR level
C2

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noun

  1. A navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course

noun

  1. A cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness

    “She went about her chores on automatic pilot”

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Example Sentences

She went about her chores on automatic pilot
Too much of the writing seems to have been done on automatic pilot
She talked and he dozed and my mind went on autopilot

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