compute
pronunciation
How to pronounce compute in British English:
UK [kəmˈpjuːt]
How to pronounce compute in American English:
US [kəmˈpjuːt]
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- Verb:
- make a mathematical calculation or computation
Word Origin
- compute
- compute: [17] Latin computāre meant ‘reckon together’. It was a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and putāre ‘reckon, think’ (source of English putative and various derived forms such as amputate, deputy, dispute, impute, and reputation). It was borrowed into Old French as compter, from which English got count, but English compute was a direct borrowing from Latin.The derivative computer was coined in the mid-17th century, and originally meant simply ‘person who computes’; the modern meaning developed via ‘device for calculating’ at the end of the 19th century and ‘electronic brain’ in the 1940s.=> amputate, count, deputy, dispute, impute, putative, reputation
- compute (v.)
- 1630s, from French computer, from Latin computare "to count, sum up, reckon together," from com- "with" (see com-) + putare "to reckon," originally "to prune" (see pave). Related: Computed; computing.
Example
- 1. Another approach is to compute the gravitational forces involved .
- 2. But we can 't compute from that .
- 3. Grab something they wrote , and compute their ratio .
- 4. Open compute servers are designed to be efficient , inexpensive and easy to service .
- 5. Price changes affect what we buy , what we buy affects how statisticians compute price changes .