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computerize

computerize verb: to convert a manual function or system into a computer system.

Verb

computerize (third-person singular simple present computerizes, present participle computerizing, simple past and past participle computerized)

  1. (transitive) To convert a manual function or system into a computer system.
  2. (transitive) To equip with a computer or a computer system.
  3. (transitive) To enter data into such a system.
  4. (intransitive) To become computerlike.
    • I wonder how human she is. These are the days when computers humanize and humans computerize.2001, David Mitchell, chapter 1, in number9dream, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN

Examples of computerize in a sentence

  • The benefits of computerizing reporting processes are obvious, but are Uzbek MSEs ready for this change?
  • Secondly, it had to change the organizational culture from papyrocentric to enabling people to use computerized systems.
  • Horowitz “live,”—if the maestro were willing to play on the computerized piano.

All 21 example sentences with computerize

Forms of computerize

third-person singular presentcomputerizes
present participlecomputerizing
past participlecomputerized
pastcomputerized
alternative formcomputerise

Origin of computerize

From computer + -ize.

Words formed from computerize

Questions about computerize

What does computerize mean?
Computerize means to convert a manual function or system into a computer system.
What part of speech is computerize?
Computerize is a verb.
What is the past tense of computerize?
The past tense of computerize is computerized.

Words near computerize in the dictionary

  1. computeritis
  2. computerizability
  3. computerizable
  4. computerization
  5. computerizations
  6. computerize
  7. computerized
  8. computerizer
  9. computerizers
  10. computerizes
  11. computerizing

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