"compute" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kəmˈpjuːt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-compute.wav [Southern-England]
enPR: kəm-pyo͞ot' Rhymes: -uːt Etymology: 17th century. Borrowed from French computer, from Latin computō (“calculate, compute”). Doublet of count. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pewH-}}, {{bor|en|fr|computer}} French computer, {{der|en|la|computō|t=calculate, compute}} Latin computō (“calculate, compute”), {{doublet|en|count}} Doublet of count Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} compute (uncountable)
  1. (chiefly cloud computing, informal) Computational processing power. Tags: informal, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-compute-en-noun-bi3394NK

Verb

IPA: /kəmˈpjuːt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-compute.wav [Southern-England] Forms: computes [present, singular, third-person], computing [participle, present], computed [participle, past], computed [past]
enPR: kəm-pyo͞ot' Rhymes: -uːt Etymology: 17th century. Borrowed from French computer, from Latin computō (“calculate, compute”). Doublet of count. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pewH-}}, {{bor|en|fr|computer}} French computer, {{der|en|la|computō|t=calculate, compute}} Latin computō (“calculate, compute”), {{doublet|en|count}} Doublet of count Head templates: {{en-verb}} compute (third-person singular simple present computes, present participle computing, simple past and past participle computed)
  1. (transitive) To reckon, calculate. Tags: transitive Translations (to reckon or calculate): пресмятам (presmjatam) (Bulgarian), изчислявам (izčisljavam) (Bulgarian), computar (Catalan), 計算 (Chinese Mandarin), 计算 (jìsuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), počítat (Czech), sčítat (Czech), uitrekenen (Dutch), berekenen (Dutch), komputi (Esperanto), laskea (Finnish), computer (French), calculer (French), computar (Galician), გამოთვლა (gamotvla) (Georgian), berechnen (German), rechnen (German), errechnen (German), kalkular (Ido), áirigh (Irish), comhair (Irish), ríomh (Irish), computare (Italian), elaborare (Italian), calcolare (Italian), 計算する (keisan suru) (alt: けいさんする) (Japanese), computō (Latin), calculō (Latin), supputō (Latin), izskaitļot (Latvian), computer (Old French), liczyć [imperfective] (Polish), policzyć [perfective] (Polish), computar (Portuguese), calcular (Portuguese), вычисля́ть (vyčisljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́числить (výčislitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), счита́ть (sčitátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), посчита́ть (posčitátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), счесть (sčestʹ) [perfective] (Russian), подсчи́тывать (podsčítyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), подсчита́ть (podsčitátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), исчисля́ть (isčisljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), исчи́слить (isčíslitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), àireamh (Scottish Gaelic), àireamhaich (Scottish Gaelic), coimpiutaich (Scottish Gaelic), coimpiutairich (Scottish Gaelic), cunnt (Scottish Gaelic), nuimhrich (Scottish Gaelic), tomhais (Scottish Gaelic), počítať (Slovak), vypočítať (Slovak), computar (Spanish), calcular (Spanish), beräkna (Swedish), räkna ut (Swedish), tuusin (Tagalog), magtuos (Tagalog), hesaplamak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-compute-en-verb-mOi7p30e Disambiguation of 'to reckon or calculate': 94 6
  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) Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-compute-en-verb-y7eN637q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 9 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: computability, computable, computed axial tomography, computed tomography, does not compute Related terms: computation, computational, computer, computing, count, miscompute, noncomputing, recompute

Inflected forms

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          "code": "ga",
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          "roman": "vyčisljátʹ",
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          "roman": "výčislitʹ",
          "sense": "to reckon or calculate",
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          "roman": "sčestʹ",
          "sense": "to reckon or calculate",
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          "roman": "podsčítyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to reckon or calculate",
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          "word": "подсчи́тывать"
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          "roman": "isčisljátʹ",
          "sense": "to reckon or calculate",
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          "roman": "isčíslitʹ",
          "sense": "to reckon or calculate",
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          "word": "исчи́слить"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to reckon or calculate",
          "word": "àireamh"
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          "sense": "to reckon or calculate",
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          "sense": "to reckon or calculate",
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          "sense": "to reckon or calculate",
          "word": "nuimhrich"
        },
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          "sense": "to reckon or calculate",
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          "sense": "to reckon or calculate",
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          "sense": "to reckon or calculate",
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          "sense": "to reckon or calculate",
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          "sense": "to reckon or calculate",
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          "sense": "to reckon or calculate",
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          "text": "Does that compute, or do I need to explain further?",
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          "ref": "1967 August 2, The Australian Women's Weekly, Sydney, page 46, column 2",
          "text": "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.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1977 December 15, The Canberra Times, Australia Captial Territory, page 15, column 3",
          "text": "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.'",
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        "(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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