compute

== English == === Etymology === 17th century. Borrowed from French computer, from Latin computō (“calculate, compute”). Doublet of count. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: com‧pute enPR: kəm-pyo͞ot', Rhymes: -uːt IPA(key): /kəmˈpjuːt/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəmˈpjut/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /kəmˈpjʉːt/ (Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /kəmˈpjʉt/ (Scotland, Northern Ireland) (South Asia) IPA(key): /kŏm.pyʈ/, (most common realisation) [kɐmˈpjuːʈ] === Verb === compute (third-person singular simple present computes, present participle computing, simple past and past participle computed) (transitive) To reckon, calculate. (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) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === compute (uncountable) (chiefly cloud computing) Computational processing power (number of operations per unit of time) or computational work (to be) done (number of operations). ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “compute”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “compute”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.pyt/ Homophones: computent, computes === Verb === compute inflection of computer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: com‧pu‧te === Verb === compute inflection of computar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /komˈpute/ [kõmˈpu.t̪e] Rhymes: -ute Syllabification: com‧pu‧te === Verb === compute inflection of computar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative