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(kəmpjuːt)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense computes, present participle computing, past tense, past participle computed
verb
To compute a quantity or number means to calculate it.
I tried to compute the cash value of the ponies and horse boxes. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: calculate, rate, figure, total More Synonyms of compute

compute in British English

(kəmˈpjuːt)
verb
1. 
to calculate (an answer, result, etc), often with the aid of a computer
noun
2. 
calculation; computation (esp in the phrase beyond compute)
Derived forms
computable (comˈputable)
adjective
computability (comˌputaˈbility)
noun
Word origin
C17: from Latin computāre, from putāre to think

compute in American English

(kəmˈpjut)
verb transitiveWord forms: comˈputed or comˈputing
1. 
to determine (a number, amount, etc.) by arithmetic; calculate
2. 
to determine or calculate by using a computer
verb intransitive
3. 
to determine a number, amount, etc.
4. 
to use a computer
5.  Informal
to make sense; seem reasonable; add up
an explanation that does not compute
noun
6. 
computation
chiefly in the phrase beyond compute
SIMILAR WORDS:  ˈcalcuˌlate
Derived forms
computability (comˌputaˈbility)
noun
computable (comˈputable)
adjective
Word origin
L computare < com-, with + putare, to reckon, orig., to prune: see pure

Examples of 'compute' in a sentence
compute

Their data and their powers to compute were pathetically small.
Michael Boulter EXTINCTION: Evolution and the End of Man (2002)
It cited advances in machine learning and the plummeting cost of computing power as pivotal factors.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In both cases we end up computing net present value.
Charles A. D'Ambrosio & Stewart D. Hodges & Richard Brealey & Stewart Myers Principles of Corporate Finance (1991)
How do you compute the present value of future income?
Miller, Roger LeRoy & Fishe, Raymond P. H. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995)
Are the employees of such a preschool counted in computing the number of church employees for purposes of the credit?
Christianity Today (2000)
The green screen was the size of my hand and it required an entire room of computing equipment to power it.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The growth of computing power and the introduction of the internet have been vital factors in making these leaps in understanding possible.
Michael Boulter EXTINCTION: Evolution and the End of Man (2002)
But could you compute the answer to each of those questions and write it down in 0.6 seconds?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It is certainly making huge progress, driven by the inexorable increase in computing power as much as our programming ingenuity.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
You need a fair amount of computing power to understand and interpret written music, let alone play it in a way that captures the audience.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Explain how you can use the areas under the average and marginal cost curves to compute total, total variable, and fixed costs.
Miller, Roger LeRoy & Fishe, Raymond P. H. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995)
As a first step toward dealing with he problem, management decides to compute the annual cost to the company of this 30 percent turnover.
A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments,Functions
For example, suppose that we wish to compute the present value of a perpetuity of C dollars a year.
Charles A. D'Ambrosio & Stewart D. Hodges & Richard Brealey & Stewart Myers Principles of Corporate Finance (1991)

In other languages
compute

British English: compute VERB
To compute a quantity or number means to calculate it.
I tried to compute the cash value of the ponies and horse boxes.
  • American English: compute
  • Brazilian Portuguese: computar
  • Chinese: 计算
  • European Spanish: calcular
  • French: calculer
  • German: berechnen
  • Italian: computare
  • Japanese: 計算する
  • Korean: 계산하다
  • European Portuguese: calcular
  • Latin American Spanish: calcular

(verb) 
Definition
to calculate (an answer or result), often by using a computer
I tried to compute the cash value of the ponies and horse boxes.
Synonyms
calculate
From this we can calculate the total mass in the galaxy.
rate
The film was rated excellent by 90 per cent of children.
figure
Figure the interest rate.
total
They haven't totalled the exact figures.
measure
Measure the length and width of the gap.
estimate
Officials estimate it will be two days before electricity is restored to the island.
count
I counted the money. It came to more than five hundred pounds.
reckon
The `normal' by-election swing against a government is reckoned at about 5 per cent.
sum
figure out
add up
Many of the children could not add up properly.
tally
When the final numbers are tallied, sales will probably have fallen.
cipher
enumerate
They enumerated the casualties.
cast up

Additional synonyms

in the sense of add up
Many of the children could not add up properly.
Synonyms
count up,
add,
total,
count,
reckon,
calculate,
sum up,
compute,
tally,
tot up,
add together
in the sense of count
Definition
to add up or check (each thing in a group) in order to find the total
I counted the money. It came to more than five hundred pounds.
Synonyms
add (up),
total,
reckon (up),
tot up,
score,
check,
estimate,
sum,
calculate,
compute,
tally,
number,
enumerate,
cast up
in the sense of enumerate
Definition
to count
They enumerated the casualties.
Synonyms
count,
calculate,
sum up,
total,
reckon,
compute,
add up,
tally,
number

Nearby words of
compute

  • compulsive
  • compulsory
  • compunction
  • compute
  • computer
  • comrade
  • comradely

Synonyms of 'compute'

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