compute

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To reckon, calculate.
To make sense. (commonly used in mimicry of a science fictional robot and spoken in a robotic voice; most frequently in negative constructs)

noun

Computational processing power.

Pronunciation

kəm-pyo͞ot' /kəmˈpjuːt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-compute.wav /kəmˈpjut/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Samuel Muldoon (Muldoonsamuel55)-compute.wav /kəmˈpjʉːt/ /kəmˈpjʉt/ /kŏm.pyʈ/ [kɐmˈpjuːʈ]

Word forms

compute computes computing computed

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *pewH- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *puHtós Proto-Italic *putos Latin putus? Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English compute 17th century. Borrowed from French computer, from Latin computō (“calculate, compute”). Doublet of count.

Related words

computation computational computer computing count miscompute noncomputing recompute

Derived words

computability computable computed axial tomography computed tomography computist computistic computor does not compute hypercompute precompute test-time compute

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