C2verbUK spelling: computerisetechnologywork
US/kəmˈpjuː.tər.aɪz/
UK/kəmˈpjuː.tər.aɪz/
to use computers to do a job or store information that people did by hand
In context
The hospital plans to computerize all patient records by the end of next year.
Our office computerized its accounts, and the monthly report now takes an hour.
Many factories were computerized in the 1990s, and thousands of workers lost their jobs.
Words that go with computerize
verb + noun
- computerize recordsThe library computerized its records in 2010.
- computerize the systemThey want to computerize the whole booking system.
- computerize the processThe bank computerized the process to cut errors.
- computerize the accountsThe company decided to computerize the accounts first.
adverb + verb
- fully computerizedOur warehouse is fully computerized now.