verb · neutral
digitize
/ˈdɪdʒɪtaɪz/DI·git·ize
Band 6-7task1task2speaking
to convert information or images into a digital form that can be processed by computers
Examples
“The museum is digitizing its archive so people can view items online.”
“Many businesses digitize invoices to save space and speed up accounting.”
“Schools are digitizing tests to allow automatic marking.”
Band 8 sentence
“The archive has been fully digitized, allowing researchers worldwide instant access to primary documents.”
Collocations
- digitize records / digitize documents / digitize archives
Word family
digitize verbdigitization noundigitized adjective / past participle
Common mistakes
to digital the records→to digitize the records
scan the files→digitize the files
Say it for a higher band
5scan→6computerize→7+digitize
Synonyms
scan
computerize
Easily confused
scan
“I scanned all the receipts with my phone.”
computerize
“The company computerized its payroll system.”
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