Standard Lemma guide

computerize

verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

verb

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To equip with a computer or a computer system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To enter data into such a system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To become computerlike.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

control a function, process, or creation by a computer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • They computerized the car industry
  • we live in a cybernated age
  • cybernate a factory

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cybernate, computerise

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: work, put to work

6

verb

Meaning 6

store in a computer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • computerized dictionary

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: computerise

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away

7

verb

Meaning 7

provide with computers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Our office is fully computerized now

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: computerise

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: supply, provide, render, furnish

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English compute Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English computer Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English computerize From computer + -ize.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: камп'ютарызава́ць (kampʺjutaryzavácʹ) — equip with a computer or a computer system
  • Catalan: informatitzar — equip with a computer or a computer system
  • Finnish: tietokoneistaa — equip with a computer or a computer system
  • French: informatiser — equip with a computer or a computer system
  • Hungarian: számítógépesít — equip with a computer or a computer system
  • Irish: ríomhairigh — equip with a computer or a computer system
  • Italian: informatizzare — equip with a computer or a computer system
  • Polish: komputeryzować — equip with a computer or a computer system
  • Polish: skomputeryzować — equip with a computer or a computer system
  • Portuguese: informatizar — equip with a computer or a computer system
  • Russian: компьютеризи́ровать (kompʹjuterizírovatʹ) — equip with a computer or a computer system
  • Spanish: informatizar — equip with a computer or a computer system
  • Spanish: computarizar — equip with a computer or a computer system
  • Spanish: computadorizar — equip with a computer or a computer system
  • Swedish: datorisera — equip with a computer or a computer system
  • Turkish: enformatize etmek — equip with a computer or a computer system
  • Turkish: bilgisayarlaştırmak — equip with a computer or a computer system
  • Ukrainian: комп'ютеризува́ти (kompʺjuteryzuváty) — equip with a computer or a computer system
  • Walloon: éndjolijhî — equip with a computer or a computer system