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COMPUTERISE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Control a function, process, or creation by a computer

Example:

cybernate a factory

Synonyms:

computerise; computerize; cybernate

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "computerise" is one way to...):

put to work; work (cause to work)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

computer (a machine for performing calculations automatically)

computer (an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Store in a computer

Example:

computerized dictionary

Synonyms:

computerise; computerize

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "computerise" is one way to...):

hive away; lay in; put in; salt away; stack away; stash away; store (keep or lay aside for future use)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

computer (a machine for performing calculations automatically)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Provide with computers

Example:

Our office is fully computerized now

Synonyms:

computerise; computerize

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "computerise" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

computer (a machine for performing calculations automatically)

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