machine-readable

adjective

ma·​chine-read·​a·​ble mə-ˈshēn-ˈrē-də-bəl 

: directly usable by a computer

machine-readable text

Examples of machine-readable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Commercial context once fragmented across advertising, commerce and operational systems can increasingly be made machine-readable and reach the decision in time to matter. — Dani Nadel, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

To enable fact-checking of product claims, the M11 agentic trust platform completes missing product data specifications and structures internal brand evidence in machine-readable formats. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026

In formal verification, mathematicians task a computer with checking a machine-readable version of a proof. — Benjamin Skuse, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2026

Those rules require generative AI providers to make synthetic output machine-readable and detectable. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1958, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for machine-readable

• readable
• unreadable

Kids Definition

machine-readable

adjective

ma·​chine-read·​able

: directly usable by a computer

machine-readable text