computerise

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A form of computerize — To convert a manual function or system into a computer system.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

verbcomputerise (third-person singular simple present computerises, present participle computerising, simple past and past participle computerised)

present singular third person computerises · participle present computerising · participle past computerised · past computerised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of computerize.

    More recently, in the past five years, there has been the effort to collect, computerise, and analyse a million-word corpus of both written and spoken Singapore English.

    1999, National University of Singapore, Singapore Studies: Critical Surveys of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol II, page 78
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    The "Becoming Real" remix of the track adds dubby space and bleeps to the mix and computerises the draggy beat and robotises the vocals – Veronica appears to be chanting "black lesbian" over and over, which is cool.

    2010 June 15, Paul Lester, “Teeth (No 808)”, in The Guardian

    This column is going to be about the NHS computer system – you know, that attempt to computerise everyone's medical records, which has cost such a lot of money and doesn't work.

    2011 December 10, David Mitchell, “I want to talk to you about the NHS. And its IT system. Wait, come back…”, in The Guardian

    The template was repiloted by the same four surgeons and recovery ward nurses to see if opinions and the usability of the template had improved, with the eventual aim of computerising the template.

    2015 August 6, M. Sayma et al., “From Inpatient Notes to Outpatient Followup: Enhancing the Rhinology Service in a Tertiary Centre through Student Led Projects”, in International Journal of Otolaryngology, volume 2015, →DOI

    More pertinently for the plot, another marked difference from history is that the United Kingdom of this 1982 is precociously computerised. Instead of having been hounded to death for his homosexuality, the scientist Alan Turing is thriving and lauded.

    2019 April 11, Marcel Theroux, “Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan review – intelligent mischief”, in The Guardian

Synonyms & antonyms

verbprovide with computers

verbstore in a computer

Broader
storehive awaylay in

verbcontrol a function, process, or creation by a computer

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinputus
  7. Latinputō
  8. Latincomputō
  9. Latincomputāre
  10. Frenchcomputer
  11. Englishcompute
  12. Englishcomputer
  13. Englishcomputerise

From computer + -ise.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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