Computerise Meaning
/kəˈmpjutəˌraɪz/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of computerize.
Sentence Examples
The company plans to computerise its payroll system.
They will computerise all their records soon.
The library plans to computerise all of its catalog records.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The factory plans to ____ all manual processes next month.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The company aims to ____ all its patient records and files.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English compute Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English computer English -ise English computerise From computer + -ise.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The "Becoming Real" remix of the track adds dubby space and bleeps to the mix and computerises the draggy beat and robotises the vocals – Veronica appears to be chanting "black lesbian" over and over, which is cool."
— 2010 June 15, Paul Lester, “Teeth (No 808)”, in The Guardian:
"This column is going to be about the NHS computer system – you know, that attempt to computerise everyone's medical records, which has cost such a lot of money and doesn't work."
— 2011 December 10, David Mitchell, “I want to talk to you about the NHS. And its IT system. Wait, come back…”, in The Guardian:
"The template was repiloted by the same four surgeons and recovery ward nurses to see if opinions and the usability of the template had improved, with the eventual aim of computerising the template."
— 2015 August 6, M. Sayma et al., “From Inpatient Notes to Outpatient Followup: Enhancing the Rhinology Service in a Tertiary Centre through Student Led Projects”, in International Journal of Otolaryngology, volume 2015, →DOI:
"More pertinently for the plot, another marked difference from history is that the United Kingdom of this 1982 is precociously computerised. Instead of having been hounded to death for his homosexuality, the scientist Alan Turing is thriving and lauded."
— 2019 April 11, Marcel Theroux, “Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan review – intelligent mischief”, in The Guardian:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The factory plans to ____ all manual processes next month.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The company aims to ____ all its patient records and files.