computeverb [ T ]
uk/kəmˈpjuːt/us/kəmˈpjuːt/formalto calculate an answer or amount by using a machine:
Compute the ratio of the object's height to its weight.
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Calculations & calculating
- aggregate
- algorithm
- amount
- amount to sth
- average
- come to sth
- commutative
- computational
- equate
- figure
- gauge
- get/have your sums right/wrong idiom
- grand total
- guesstimate
- instantaneous velocity
- miscalculate
- projected
- put
- put sth at sth
- result
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computation
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˌkɒm.pjəˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkɑːm.pjəˈteɪ.ʃən/