"compute" meaning in All languages combined

See compute on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /kɒmpjuːt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-compute.wav [UK] Forms: compute [canonical], computes [third-person, singular], computed [past], computed [past, participle], computing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|comput|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you compute an answer, you calculate it or find it, usually using mathematics.
    Sense id: simple-compute-en-verb-7ia0dni8
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          "text": "They computed the exact time of death using the blood."
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