compute

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To reckon, calculate.
2. (informal, intransitive) 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.

Synonyms

calculate

reckon

count

🔢

figure

estimate

work out

enumerate

number

🔢

cipher

cypher

numerate

think

🤔

infer

computation

cast

sum

measure

depress

determine

dip

discharge

drop

ebb

expect

fall

figure out

gage

gauge

get down

go down

investigate

judge

🧑‍⚖️

let

let down

lour

lower

opine

posit

put down

rack

regard

set

size up

sluice

sum up

suppose

surmise

take

tally

tap

Translations

berechnen

calcolare

calculer

computar

rechnen

🔢

berekenen

calcular

computare

υπολογίζω

computar

calcular

contare

🔢

computer

uitrekenen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəmˈpjuːt/

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin com-
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
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Latin -ereinflu.
Latin -āre
Latin computārelbor.
French computerbor.
English compute
17th century. Borrowed from French computer, from Latin computō (“calculate, compute”). Doublet of count.