Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to compute
Participle: computed
Gerund: computing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | compute |
| you | compute |
| he;she;it | computes |
| we | compute |
| you | compute |
| they | compute |
Perfect
| I | have computed |
| you | have computed |
| he;she;it | has computed |
| we | have computed |
| you | have computed |
| they | have computed |
Past
| I | computed |
| you | computed |
| he;she;it | computed |
| we | computed |
| you | computed |
| they | computed |
Pluperfect
| I | had computed |
| you | had computed |
| he;she;it | had computed |
| we | had computed |
| you | had computed |
| they | had computed |
Future
| I | will compute |
| you | will compute |
| he;she;it | will compute |
| we | will compute |
| you | will compute |
| they | will compute |
Future Perfect
| I | will have computed |
| you | will have computed |
| he;she;it | will have computed |
| we | will have computed |
| you | will have computed |
| they | will have computed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | compute |
| you | compute |
| he;she;it | compute |
| we | compute |
| you | compute |
| they | compute |
Perfect
| I | have computed |
| you | have computed |
| he;she;it | have computed |
| we | have computed |
| you | have computed |
| they | have computed |
Imperfect
| I | computed |
| you | computed |
| he;she;it | computed |
| we | computed |
| you | computed |
| they | computed |
Pluperfect
| I | had computed |
| you | had computed |
| he;she;it | had computed |
| we | had computed |
| you | had computed |
| they | had computed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would compute |
| you | would compute |
| he;she;it | would compute |
| we | would compute |
| you | would compute |
| they | would compute |
Perfect
| I | would have computed |
| you | would have computed |
| he;she;it | would have computed |
| we | would have computed |
| you | would have computed |
| they | would have computed |
Imperative
| you | compute |
| we | Let's compute |
| you | compute |
Verbs conjugated like 'compute'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'compute'
commute,
compete,
coelute,
commote,
commune,
compane,
compare,
compere,
compile,
complete,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process
- calculate, cipher, reckon, supputate, suppute, work out
- calculate
- number, sum, count, gauge, estimate, tally, figure
Antonyms
- calculate
- miscalculate, guess, chance, risk
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1631, from Fr.
computer, from L.
computare "to count, sum up," from
com- "with" +
putare "to reckon," orig. "to prune."
Computer used for person, 1646; mechanical calculating machine, 1897; and electronic machine, 1946 or 1941. In the modern meaning, "programmable digital electronic computer" is from 1945 (theoretical sense is from 1937, as
Turing machine). ENIAC (1946) is usually considered the first.
Computerese first recorded 1960.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
4. Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
5. Proto-Italic *kom
6. Proto-Italic *kom-
7. Latin con-
8. Latin putus
9. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
10. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
11. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
12. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
13. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
14. Proto-Italic *-ājō
15. Proto-Italic *-āō
16. Latin -ō
17. Latin putō
18. Latin computō
19. Latin computārelbor.
20. French computerbor.
21. English compute
22. 17th century. Borrowed from French computer, from Latin computō (“calculate, compute”). Doublet of count. See: French '
computer', Latin '
computō'.
Verbs referencing "compute"
Esperanto
komputi, Ido komputar, Polish
spytać.
Sample Sentences
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Can anyone here compute the square root of 10201?
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Effulgence of my Glorie, Son belov’d, / Son in whoſe face inviſible is beheld / Viſibly, what by Deitie I am, / And in whoſe hand what by Decree I doe, / Second Omnipotence, two dayes are paſt, / Two dayes, as we compute the dayes of Heav’n, / Since Michael and his Powers went forth to tame / Theſe diſobedient[…] [1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 680–687:]
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"When we have ascertained exactly how little will serve we shall be able to compute how long we shall be able to exist." [1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:]
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Coxhead (2000) computed that the AWL covered approximately 10% of the academic corpus from which it was derived[.] [2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 112:]
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Does that compute, or do I need to explain further?
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Then at the last minute Harris was brought aboard as Dr. Zachary Smith, initially an authentic, lip-curling nogoodnik who, it was presently discovered, could be better used for laughs played off Mumy and a sober-sided robot (“You bubbleheaded booby,” sneers Harris. “That does not compute,” returns the robot dryly). [1966 September 24, TV Guide, Radnor, Pa., page 25, column 1:]
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And you'd feel an utter fool if, when you asked where the biscuit was, a message came out: "Biscuits do not compute. Your wife programmed your diet." [1967 August 2, The Australian Women's Weekly, Sydney, page 46, column 2:]
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Guitarist Chris Stein is also against defining the music. When he sees a reporter with a notebook backstage after a concert he does robot impersonations saying, 'What is punk rock? What is punk rock? Brurruph, burruph, does not compute.' [1977 December 15, The Canberra Times, Australia Captial Territory, page 15, column 3:]