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Synonyms
com·pute (kəm-pyōōt́)

[French computer, from Old French, from Latin computāre, com-, com-, + putāre, to reckon, N., Late Latin computus, from Latin computāre, to compute.]

verb: -put·ed, -put·ing, -putes. 

transitive verb 

  1. To determine by mathematics, especially by numerical methods: computed the tax due. See synonyms at calculate
  2. To determine by the use of a computer.

intransitive verb 

  1. To determine an amount or number.
  2. To use a computer.
  3. Informal To be reasonable, plausible, or consistent; make sense: Your alibi doesn't compute.

noun 

Computation: amounts beyond compute.

derivatives

com·put́a·biĺi·ty
noun
com·put́a·ble
adjective