compute
[ kuhm-pyoot ]
/ kəmˈpyut /
verb (used with object), com·put·ed, com·put·ing.
to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
to determine by using a computer or calculator.
verb (used without object), com·put·ed, com·put·ing.
to reckon; calculate.
to use a computer or calculator.
Informal.
to make sense; add up: His reasons for doing that just don't compute.
noun
computation: outer space that is vast beyond compute.
Origin of compute
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Example sentences from the Web for computable
C'est assez vous dire that I can make no plan for any social adventure within any computable time.
The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II |Henry JamesHere is an incident I never can forget;—dating twelve or thirteen years ago (as is computable), middle of July, 1732.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XV. (of XXI.) |Thomas CarlyleThe sum was not computable by any rule known to arithmetic, mathematics, or any cognate "science of numbers."
Harper's New Monthly Magazine |VariousIt likes big, unmistakable, knock-down effects; it likes to get its money back in palpable, computable change.
Picture and Text |Henry James
British Dictionary definitions for computable
compute
/ (kəmˈpjuːt) /
verb
to calculate (an answer, result, etc), often with the aid of a computer
noun
calculation; computation (esp in the phrase beyond compute)
Derived forms of compute
computable, adjective computability, nounWord Origin for compute
C17: from Latin
computāre, from
putāre to think