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Computing
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verb (used with object)
1.
to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
2.
to determine by using a computer or calculator.
verb (used without object)
3.
to reckon; calculate.
4.
to use a computer or calculator.
5.
Informal. to make sense; add up: His reasons for doing that just don't compute.
noun
6.
computation: outer space that is vast beyond compute.
Origin:
1375–1425 for earlier sense; 1580–90 for def. 6; (v.) < Latin computāre, equivalent to com- com- + putāre to think; (noun) late Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin computus calculation, number, noun derivative of computāre; compare putative, count1
1375–1425 for earlier sense; 1580–90 for def. 6; (v.) < Latin computāre, equivalent to com- com- + putāre to think; (noun) late Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin computus calculation, number, noun derivative of computāre; compare putative, count1
Related forms
com·put·a·ble, adjective
com·put·a·bil·i·ty, noun
com·put·a·bly, adverb
mis·com·pute, verb, mis·com·put·ed, mis·com·put·ing.
EXPANDpre·com·pute, verb, pre·com·put·ed, pre·com·put·ing.
re·com·pute, verb (used with object), re·com·put·ed, re·com·put·ing.
un·com·put·a·ble, adjective
un·com·put·a·ble·ness, noun
un·com·put·a·b·ly, adverb
un·com·put·ed, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. estimate, count, figure.
1. estimate, count, figure.
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