algorithmize

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verb

To convert an informal description of a process or a procedure into an algorithm.

OriginEnglish algorithm ← Middle English algorisme ← Anglo-Norman algorisme →
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Meanings

verbalgorithmize (third-person singular simple present algorithmizes, present participle algorithmizing, simple past and past participle algorithmized)

present singular third person algorithmizes · participle present algorithmizing · participle past algorithmized · past algorithmized · alternative algorithmise

  1. To convert an informal description of a process or a procedure into an algorithm.

Origin

  1. Arabicال (al-)
  2. Arabicخَوَارِزْمِيّ (ḵawārizmiyy)
  3. Arabicالخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy)
  4. Medieval Latinalgorismu
  5. Anglo-Normanalgorisme
  6. Middle Englishalgorisme
  7. Englishalgorism
  8. Englisharithmo-influ.
  9. Englishalgorithm
  10. Englishalgorithmize

From algorithm + -ize.

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Translations

Hungarian algoritmizál
  • algoritmizálto convert a process into an algorithm
Polish algorytmizować, zalgorytmizować
  • algorytmizowaćto convert a process into an algorithm
  • zalgorytmizowaćto convert a process into an algorithm
Portuguese algoritmizar
  • algoritmizarto convert a process into an algorithm
Slovak algoritmizovať
  • algoritmizovaťto convert a process into an algorithm
Ukrainian алгоритмізува́ти
  • алгоритмізува́ти (alhorytmizuváty)to convert a process into an algorithm

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

logarithmize
Cite this entry
APA

algorithmize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/algorithmize

MLA

“algorithmize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/algorithmize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “algorithmize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/algorithmize.

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