compute

English Online Dictionary. What means compute‎? What does compute mean?

English

Etymology

17th century. Borrowed from French computer, from Latin computō (“calculate, compute”). Doublet of count.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kəm-pyo͞ot'
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpjuːt/
  • (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpjut/
  • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpjʉːt/
• Hyphenation: com‧pute
• Rhymes: -uːt

Verb

compute (third-person singular simple present computes, present participle computing, simple past and past participle computed)

1. (transitive) To reckon, calculate.
2. (intransitive, informal) To make sense. (commonly used in mimicry of a science fictional robot and spoken in a robotic voice; most frequently in negative constructs)

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Noun

compute (uncountable)

1. (chiefly cloud computing) Computational processing power.

Further reading

• “compute”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “compute”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.pyt/
• Homophones: computent, computes

Verb

compute

1. inflection of computer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: com‧pu‧te

Verb

compute

1. inflection of computar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komˈpute/ [kõmˈpu.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ute
• Syllabification: com‧pu‧te

Verb

compute

1. inflection of computar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative