To adapt a process, system or records for computer-based operation or handling.
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Words that belong together
- computerize records
- computerize a system
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The office computerized the records while preserving the original documents.
The system was computerized without resolving its inconsistent categories.
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Word forms
- Base
- computerize
- Past tense
- computerized
- Past participle
- computerized
- Present participle
- computerizing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- computerize
- Present continuous
- am/is/are computerizing
- Present perfect
- have/has computerized
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been computerizing
- Past
- computerized
- Past continuous
- was/were computerizing
- Past perfect
- had computerized
- Past perfect continuous
- had been computerizing
- Future
- will computerize
- Future continuous
- will be computerizing
- Future perfect
- will have computerized
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been computerizing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: computerize; computerizes; computerized; computerized; computerizing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: institutional and conceptual change, philosophical orientation, qualification of recurrence and degree. Disciplines: academic writing, philosophy, cross-disciplinary analysis. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: computerizes.
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