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com⋅pute
[kuh
m-pyoot] 
verb, -put⋅ed, -put⋅ing, noun –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.) < L computāre, equiv. to com- com- + putāre to think; (n.) late ME < MF < LL computus calculation, number, n. deriv. of computāre; cf. putative, count 1
1375–1425 for earlier sense; 1580–90 for def. 6; (v.) < L computāre, equiv. to com- com- + putāre to think; (n.) late ME < MF < LL computus calculation, number, n. deriv. of computāre; cf. putative, count 1
Related forms:
com⋅put⋅a⋅ble, adjective
com⋅put⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
com⋅put⋅a⋅bly, adverb
com⋅put⋅ist [kuhm-pyoo-tist, kom-pyoo-] , noun
[kuhm-pyoo-tist, kom-pyoo-] , noun Synonyms:
1. estimate, count, figure.
1. estimate, count, figure.
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| com·pute (kəm-pyōōt') v. com·put·ed, com·put·ing, com·putes v. tr.
[French computer, from Old French, from Latin computāre : com-, com- + putāre, to reckon; see pau-2 in Indo-European roots. N., Late Latin computus, from Latin computāre, to compute.] com·put'a·bil'i·ty n., com·put'a·ble adj. |
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Compute
Com*pute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Computed; p. pr. & vb. n. Computing.] [L. computare. See Count, v. t.] To determine calculation; to reckon; to count. Two days, as we compute the days of heaven. --Milton. What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. --Burns. Syn: To calculate; number; count; reckon; estimate; enumerate; rate. See Calculate.Compute
Com*pute"\, n. [L. computus: cf. F. comput.] Computation. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Language Translation for : compute
Spanish:
computar, calcular,
German:
berechnen,
Japanese:
計算する
compute
1631, from Fr. computer, from L. computare "to count, sum up," from com- "with" + putare "to reckon," orig. "to prune." Computer used for person, 1646; mechanical calculating machine, 1897; and electronic machine, 1946 or 1941. In the modern meaning, "programmable digital electronic computer" is from 1945 (theoretical sense is from 1937, as Turing machine). ENIAC (1946) is usually considered the first. Computerese first recorded 1960.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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