COMPUTE
Dictionary entry overview: What does compute mean?
• COMPUTE (verb)
The verb COMPUTE has 1 sense:
1. make a mathematical calculation or computation
Familiarity information: COMPUTE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• COMPUTE (verb)
Meaning:
Make a mathematical calculation or computation
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
calculate; compute; cipher; cypher; figure; reckon; work out
Hypernyms (to "compute" is one way to...):
reason (think logically)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "compute"):
quantise; quantize (apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor)
divide; fraction (perform a division)
extrapolate; interpolate (estimate the value of)
differentiate (calculate a derivative; take the derivative)
integrate (calculate the integral of; calculate by integration)
survey (plot a map of (land))
approximate; estimate; gauge; guess; judge (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time))
budget (make a budget)
capitalise; capitalize (compute the present value of a business or an income)
multiply (combine by multiplication)
deduct; subtract; take off (make a subtraction)
extract (calculate the root of a number)
process (perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information)
prorate (divide or assess proportionally)
miscalculate; misestimate (calculate incorrectly)
recalculate (calculate anew)
average; average out (compute the average of)
factor; factor in; factor out (resolve into factors)
add; add together (make an addition by combining numbers)
resolve; solve (find the solution)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
