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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Maths
com·pute /kəmˈpjuːt/ AWL verb [intransitive, transitive] formal  HMto calculate a result, answer, sum etc 计算〔结果、答案、总数等〕 Final results had not yet been computed. 最终的结果还未计算出来。
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Examples from the Corpus
computeHis ideas just don't compute.In all four years of the course, students take units of study in languages, computing and business studies.At the same time, a combination of high costs and cutthroat pricing is driving out manufacturers of computing and communications hardware.Explanations of how the numbers have been computed are given in the notes following the table.Many of the young men are studying for business or computing degrees.The field value is computed from a global model.They continuously transmit coded signals and time data that receivers use to compute latitude and longitude.It may be that such technology is ripening just as the computing power needed to run it is becoming available.The machine can compute the time it takes a sound wave to bounce back.
From Longman Business Dictionarycomputecom‧pute /kəmˈpjuːt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] formal to calculate a number or amountThe amount assessed was computed by the Inland Revenue to include a proportion of the school’s overheads as average costs.→ See Verb tableOrigin compute (1600-1700) Latin computare, from com- ( → COM-) + putare to think
com·pute verbChineseSyllable
a to sum result, calculate Business Corpus answer, etc


compute
compute AC /kəmˈpjuːt/ verb [intransitive and transitive] formal
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Latin
 Origin: computare, from com- ( ⇨ COM-) + putare __to think__
to calculate a result, answer, sum etc:
    Final results had not yet been computed.


com·pute AW BrE /kəmˈpjuːt/ 🔊NAmE /kəmˈpjuːt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they compute BrE /kəmˈpjuːt/ 🔊 NAmE /kəmˈpjuːt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it computes BrE /kəmˈpjuːts/ 🔊 NAmE /kəmˈpjuːts/ 🔊past simple computed BrE /kəmˈpjuːtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /kəmˈpjuːtɪd/ 🔊past participle computed BrE /kəmˈpjuːtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /kəmˈpjuːtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form computing BrE /kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (formal) to calculate sth 计算;估算The losses were computed at £5 million. 损失估算为 500 万英镑。🔊🔊 com·put·able AW BrE /kəmˈpjuːtəbl/ 🔊NAmE /kəmˈpjuːtəbl/ 🔊 adjective