Standard Lemma guide
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noun
Computational processing power (number of operations per unit of time) or computational work (to be) done (number of operations).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: chiefly cloud computing
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To reckon, calculate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To make sense. (commonly used in mimicry of a science fictional robot and spoken in a robotic voice; most frequently in negative constructs)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
make a mathematical calculation or computation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: calculate, cipher, cypher, work out, reckon, figure
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reason
Narrower terms: quantize, quantise, extract, process, prorate, miscalculate, misestimate, recalculate, average, average out, factor, factor in, factor out, add, add together, subtract, deduct, take off, multiply, divide, fraction, interpolate, extrapolate, differentiate, integrate, survey, estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge, budget, capitalize, capitalise, resolve, solve
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English compute 17th century. Borrowed from French computer, from Latin computō (“calculate, compute”). Doublet of count.
Across languages
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
