computerize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to equip with or automate by computers.
If you haven't already, now is a great time to computerize your business.
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to control, perform, produce, process, or store by means of or in a computer or computers.
I know I have a few chapters written in a notebook, but I never computerized them.
verb (used without object)
verb
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(tr) to cause (certain operations) to be performed by a computer, esp as a replacement for human labour
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(intr) to install a computer
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(tr) to control or perform (operations within a system) by means of a computer
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(tr) to process or store (information) by means of or in a computer
Other Word Forms
- computerizable adjective
- computerization noun
- computerized adjective
- uncomputerized adjective
Etymology
Origin of computerize
Example Sentences
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What I would say is it’s the half-computerization of everything, because vendors are free to computerize things to their heart’s content, but we cannot recomputerize them, right?
From Slate • Oct. 13, 2025
Similar efforts raised millions to computerize police stations and patrol cars and helped finance the successful 1999 campaign for charter reform against City Council opposition.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2023
Walter, who died in January, spent decades working for Fred Trump, primarily helping computerize his payroll and billing systems.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2018
In 1976, Mr. Mattson announced plans to computerize The Times’s newsroom, and over the next two years writers and editors surrendered typewriters for bulky computer terminals that sped the processing of news.
From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2016
Originally, I worked as a librarian in Europe and in the Middle East, under contract to set up libraries and/or computerize catalogs.
From From the Print Media to the Internet by Lebert, Marie
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