Compute
[kəm'pjuːt] or [kəm'pjʊt]
Definition
(v. t.) To determine calculation; to reckon; to count.
(n.) Computation.
Editor: Louise
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Reckon, calculate, estimate, count, number, rate, cast, cast up, sum up.
Checker: Lyman
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Calculate, reckon, count, number, appraise, value, estimate, cast_up, rate
ANT:Conjecture, guess, surmise
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Definition
v.t. to calculate: to number: to estimate.—adj. Comput′able calculable.—ns. Com′putant Comput′er Com′putist a calculator; Computā′tion act of computing: reckoning: estimate.—adj. Comput′ātive given to computation.—n. Com′putātor.
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Examples
- Napoleon has augmented the commercial prosperity of France in ten years to such a degree that figures can hardly compute it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We compute the _Tramecksan_, or high heels, to exceed us in number; but the power is wholly on our side. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death, rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- In the time of Julius C?sar the larger of the famous libraries of Alexandria, containing, i t is computed, some 490,000 rolls, caught fire from ships burning in the harbor, and perished. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The following figures are based upon the Special Reports of the Census Bureau, 1902 and 1907, with additions computed upon the increase that has subsequently taken place. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The distance from Corpus Christi to San Antonio was then computed at one hundred and fifty miles. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The wages of labour are commonly computed by the quantity of silver which is paid to the labourer. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- If the computed exchange with France, therefore, was not more than two or three per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- If less than this was paid, the real exchange might be in favour of England, while the computed was in favour of France. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A number of observations were made, and Watson, of Michigan University, with two others, worked all night computing, until they agreed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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