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See also computé

1. (verb) To reckon or calculate.
2. (verb, informal) To make sense.
3. (French, verb) First-person singular present indicative of computer.
4. (French, verb) Third-person singular present indicative of computer.
5. (French, verb) First-person singular present subjunctive of computer.
6. (French, verb) Third-person singular present subjunctive of computer.
7. (French, verb) Second-person singular imperative of computer.
8. (Portuguese, verb) First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive

of verb computar.

1. (Portuguese, verb) Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive

of verb computar.

1. (Portuguese, verb) Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative

of verb computar.

1. (Portuguese, verb) Third-person singular (você) negative imperative

of verb computar.

1. (Spanish, verb) formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of computar.
2. (Spanish, verb) first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of computar.
3. (Spanish, verb) formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of computar.
4. (Spanish, verb) third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of computar.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɒmpjuːt/
• Rhymes: -uːt

Etymology

From French computer (17th century) < Latin computare (“‘sum up, reckon, compute’”) < com (“‘together’”) + putare (“‘cleanse, trim, prune, clear up, settle, adjuct, reckon, count, deem, think, suppose’”) < putus (“‘cleansed, clear’”)

Verb

Infinitive to compute

Third person singular computes

Simple past computed

Past participle computed

Present participle computing

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

1. To reckon or calculate.

   Can anyone here compute the square root of 10201?

2. (informal) To make sense.

   Does that compute, or do I need to explain further?

Related terms

• computable
• computability
• computation
• computational
• computer
• computing
• miscompute
• recompute
• count

Translations

reckon or calculate

Bulgarian: пресмятам bg(bg), изчислявам bg(bg) Czech: počítat cs(cs), sčítat cs(cs) Dutch: uitrekenen nl(nl), berekenen nl(nl) French: computer fr(fr) Ido: kalkular io(io)

Italian: computare it(it), elaborare it(it) Latin: computāre la(la), calculāre la(la) Old French: computer Portuguese: computar pt(pt) Scottish Gaelic: tomhais gd(gd)

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Translations to be checked

German: berechnen Novial: komputa

External links

• compute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• compute in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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French

Verb

compute

1. First-person singular present indicative of computer.
2. Third-person singular present indicative of computer.
3. First-person singular present subjunctive of computer.
4. Third-person singular present subjunctive of computer.
5. Second-person singular imperative of computer.

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Portuguese

Verb

compute

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive

of verb computar.

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive

of verb computar.

1. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative

of verb computar.

1. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative

of verb computar.

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Spanish

Verb

compute (infinitive computar)

1. formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of computar.
2. first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of computar.
3. formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of computar.
4. third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of computar.