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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024com•put•ing (kəm pyo̅o̅′ting),USA pronunciation n. - Computingthe use of a computer to process data or perform calculations.
- Computingthe act of calculating or reckoning.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024com•pute /kəmˈpyut/USA pronunciation v., -put•ed, -put•ing. - [~ + object] to determine by calculation or by using a computer; calculate: Compute the distance from the earth to the moon.
- Computing to use a computer:[no object]He had been computing since 1978.
com•put•a•bil•i•ty /kəmˌpyutəˈbɪlɪti/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] com•put•a•ble, adj. com•put•ing, n. [uncountable]com•put•ist /kəmˈpyutɪst, ˈkɑmpyʊ-/USA pronunciation n. [countable]See -pute-. compute is a verb, computer is a noun, computational is an adjective:Compute your average from the grades you have. The computer works too slowly. There were some difficult computational steps to follow in the experiment. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024com•pute (kəm pyo̅o̅t′),USA pronunciation v., -put•ed, -put•ing, n. v.t. - to determine by calculation; reckon;
calculate:to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution. - Computingto determine by using a computer or calculator.
v.i. - to reckon;
calculate. - Computingto use a computer or calculator.
- Informal Termsto make sense;
add up:His reasons for doing that just don't compute. n. - computation:outer space that is vast beyond compute.
- Late Latin computus calculation, number, noun, nominal derivative of computāre; compare putative, count1
- Middle French
- Latin computāre, equivalent. to com- com- + putāre to think; (noun, nominal) late Middle English
- 1375–1425 for earlier sense; 1580–90 for def. 6; (verb, verbal)
com•put′a•ble, adj. com•put′a•bil′i•ty, n. com•put′a•bly, adv. com•put•ist (kəm pyo̅o̅′tist, kom′pyŏŏ-),USA pronunciation n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged estimate, count, figure.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: compute /kəmˈpjuːt/ vb - to calculate (an answer, result, etc), often with the aid of a computer
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin computāre, from putāre to thinkcomˈputable adj comˌputaˈbility n |