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)
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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
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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computerizesimple
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computerizessimple
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have computerizedperfect
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has computerizedperfect
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am computerizingprogressive
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are computerizingprogressive
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is computerizingprogressive
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have been computerizingperfect progressive
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has been computerizingperfect progressive
Past
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computerizedsimple
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had computerizedperfect
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was computerizingprogressive
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were computerizingprogressive
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had been computerizingperfect progressive
Future
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
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
Despite a previous recommendation to computerize records, employment investigators’ files were still paper-based, the investigation found.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2018
He remembers how much business improved in those early years, after the couple was able to computerize orders and inventory and expense management.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2015
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
Robert Phillips, president of Gimix Inc., a Chicago firm that computerizes entire households, has installed terminals in every room of his Chicago apartment.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mike Walsh is CEO of LexisNexis, the legal research company that has been offering computerized legal research services since 1973.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
For now, analyzing trading flows offers the best insight into quants and other systematic investors, who invest off data analysis and computerized trading rules.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Now, orders are taken with a computerized system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
Unlike other notable films in this space, like Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s cold, computerized “Pulse,” “The Ring” or “The Blair Witch Project,” Tuason’s movie fails to use its primary device to its full potential.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
Instead of relying solely on old-fashioned cop know-how, he introduced technological solutions like CompStat, a computerized method of addressing crime hot spots.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
Bar codes reduce delays by computerizing the task of ensuring that every bag that’s loaded on a plane is matched to a passenger who’s actually boarded Photograph courtesy SITA.
From Slate ● Oct. 4, 2012
The industry has long argued that computerizing business transactions and everyday tasks like banking and reading library books has the net effect of saving energy and resources.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2012
Officials with the office told the Tribune they have solved those problems by adding paralegals and computerizing case-tracking systems.
From Chicago Tribune ● Jan. 29, 2012
But the CBO has attached only modest savings to some of the administration's favorite reforms, such as computerizing medical records and studying the effectiveness of treatments.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2009
But the benefits of computerizing some nurse's duties are literally incalculable.
From Time Magazine Archive
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