| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | com·pute |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k m-py t |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: com·put·ed, com·put·ing, com·putes
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To determine by mathematics, especially by numerical methods: computed the tax due. See synonyms at calculate. 2. To determine by the use of a computer. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To determine an amount or number. 2. To use a computer. | | NOUN: | Computation: amounts beyond compute. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French computer, from Old French, from Latin comput re : com-, com- + putre, to reckon; see pau-2 in Appendix I. N., Late Latin computus, from Latin computre, to compute. | | OTHER FORMS: | com·put a·bili·ty —NOUN
com·puta·ble —ADJECTIVE
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