COMPUTE


Meaning of COMPUTE in English

/ kəmˈpjuːt; NAmE / verb

[ vn ] ( formal ) to calculate sth :

The losses were computed at £5 million.

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WORD ORIGIN

early 17th cent.: from French computer or Latin computare , from com- together + putare to settle (an account).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.