computerize
Americanverb (used with object)
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computerizes,
present (3rd person singular)
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computerized,
past participle, past
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computerizing
present participle
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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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computerizes,
present (3rd person singular)
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computerized,
past participle, past
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computerizing
present participle
verb
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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
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
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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“Particularly in a lot of domains, you can fully computerize that whole loop,” he said—the inspiration for the startup’s name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
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
As a Domino’s pizza delivery boy, he called the headquarters with an idea to computerize the delivery system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2018
Freidkin helped them computerize their sales operations so they could supply mortgages to thousands of buyers.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 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 Marie Lebert
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
By contrast, the sky and the air represent wonder and possibility, like what he felt when he first heard Laurie Anderson’s computerized psychedelic anthem, “O Superman,” in 1982.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
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
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
As it exited the armory, one antimatter friction-induction bomb was subtracted from the Sixers’ computerized inventory.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Army’s headquarters, about 20 miles northeast of Saigon, computerizing Army operations, from troop movements to food requisitions.
From Washington Post ● May 23, 2017
Mr. Obama has made computerizing patients’ medical records a priority of his administration.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2015
For example, 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—an important security measure.
From Slate ● Oct. 4, 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
He realized that he could not grow at the pace he desired without computerizing merchandise controls.
From Time Magazine Archive
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