computerize

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verb

To convert a manual function or system into a computer system.

Similar
computerisecybernate
OriginEnglish computer ← French computer ← Latin computāre →
UncommonScrabble 26
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Meanings

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

present singular third person computerizes · participle present computerizing · participle past computerized · past computerized · alternative computerise

  1. transitivecomputingTo convert a manual function or system into a computer system.
  2. transitivecomputingTo equip with a computer or a computer system.
  3. transitivecomputingTo enter data into such a system.
  4. intransitiveTo 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

Synonyms & antonyms

verbprovide with computers

Similar
computerise
Broader
supplyproviderender

verbstore in a computer

Similar
computerise
Broader
storehive awaylay in

verbcontrol a function, process, or creation by a computer

Similar
cybernatecomputerise
Broader
workput to work
Also see
cybernatesmarten

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. Englishcomputerize

From computer + -ize.

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Translations

Catalan informatitzar
  • informatitzarequip with a computer or a computer system
Finnish tietokoneistaa
  • tietokoneistaaequip with a computer or a computer system
French informatiser
  • informatiserequip with a computer or a computer system
Hungarian számítógépesít
  • számítógépesítequip with a computer or a computer system
Irish ríomhairigh
  • ríomhairighequip with a computer or a computer system
Italian informatizzare
  • informatizzareequip with a computer or a computer system
Polish komputeryzować, skomputeryzować
  • komputeryzowaćequip with a computer or a computer system
  • skomputeryzowaćequip with a computer or a computer system
Portuguese informatizar
  • informatizarequip with a computer or a computer system
Russian компьютеризи́ровать
  • компьютеризи́ровать (kompʹjuterizírovatʹ)equip with a computer or a computer system
Spanish informatizar, computarizar
  • informatizarequip with a computer or a computer system
  • computarizarequip with a computer or a computer system
  • computadorizarequip with a computer or a computer system
Swedish datorisera
  • datoriseraequip with a computer or a computer system
Turkish enformatize etmek, bilgisayarlaştırmak
  • enformatize etmekequip with a computer or a computer system
  • bilgisayarlaştırmakequip with a computer or a computer system
Ukrainian комп'ютеризува́ти
  • комп'ютеризува́ти (kompʺjuteryzuváty)equip with a computer or a computer system
Cite this entry
APA

computerize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/computerize

MLA

“computerize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/computerize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “computerize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/computerize.

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