compute
verb /kəmˈpjuːt/
/kəmˈpjuːt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they compute | /kəmˈpjuːt/ /kəmˈpjuːt/ |
| he / she / it computes | /kəmˈpjuːts/ /kəmˈpjuːts/ |
| past simple computed | /kəmˈpjuːtɪd/ /kəmˈpjuːtɪd/ |
| past participle computed | /kəmˈpjuːtɪd/ /kəmˈpjuːtɪd/ |
| -ing form computing | /kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ/ /kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ/ |
- compute something (formal) to calculate something
- The losses were computed at £5 million.
- These measurements can be used to compute the average size.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCompute is used with these nouns as the object:- average
- index
- ratio
- …
- [intransitive] (in negative sentences) (informal) to make sense
- That just doesn't compute.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French computer or Latin computare, from com- ‘together’ + putare ‘to settle (an account)’.