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
Similar efforts raised millions to computerize police stations and patrol cars and helped finance the successful 1999 campaign for charter reform against City Council opposition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
But Zeavin and others that I spoke with said that it’s no wonder that we keep trying to computerize therapy and other mental health services.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2023
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
Participants improved on one measure of a computerized maze task, but the researchers found no significant benefit on the other cognitive tests or mood measures.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
The 270,000-square-foot building opened in 2023 with computerized saws and equipment imported from Germany.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
In time, these advances will be coupled with an expanded array of blood tests, brain scans and AI-driven computerized assessment tools to enable universal diagnosis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 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
Were these some sort of computerized imaginary friends?
From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
He’ll gladly neglect the endless task of computerizing his shelf-busting inventory to talk with you about his beloved 19th-century authors like George Eliot and Dostoyevsky, or his fine selection of Jewish theology.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2019
Army’s headquarters, about 20 miles northeast of Saigon, computerizing Army operations, from troop movements to food requisitions.
From Washington Post ● May 23, 2017
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
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
"I've never known a company seriously injured by automating too slowly," he writes, "but there are some classic cases of companies bankrupted by computerizing prematurely."
From Time Magazine Archive
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