verb ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To convert a manual function or system into a computer system. transitive
2. 2
   control a function, process, or creation by a computer wordnet
3. 3
   To equip with a computer or a computer system. transitive
4. 4
   store in a computer wordnet
5. 5
   To enter data into such a system. transitive

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6. 6
   provide with computers wordnet
7. 7
   To become computerlike. intransitive

   "I wonder how human she is. These are the days when computers humanize and humans computerize."

Synonyms

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computerisecybernatecybernatesmarten

Example

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"Companies are rapidly trying to computerize their systems."

Etymology

From computer + -ize.

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