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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary com·pute (com·put·ed ; com·put·ing) ETYMOLOGY Latin computare — more at count DATE 1616 transitive verb : to determine especially by mathematical means compute your income tax also : to determine or calculate by means of a computer intransitive verb 1. to make calculation : reckon 2. to use a computer English Etymology compute 1630s, from Fr. computer, from L. computare "to count, sum up," from com- "with" + putare "to reckon," orig. "to prune" (see pave). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 compute com·pute / kEm5pju:t / verb[VN] (formal) to calculate sth 计算；估算: The losses were computed at £5 million. 损失估算为 500 万英镑。 OLT compute verb ⇨ calculate Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged com·pute I. \kəmˈpyüt, usu -üd.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Late Latin computus, from Latin computare : computation — used chiefly with beyond < future wars will be complex beyond compute — U.S. Air Services > II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Latin computare — more at count transitive verb 1. : to determine or ascertain especially by mathematical means :arrive at an answer to or sum for < compute a bank balance > < compute the area of a field > < compute the diameter of the sun > 2. obsolete : to make up (as a period of time) intransitive verb : to make calculation : reckon < they compute by weight in selling grain > Synonyms: see calculate III. transitive verb : to determine or calculate by means of a computer intransitive verb 1. : to use a computer 2. : to make sense < that statement does not compute > |
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