Antonyms for compute
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kuhm-pyoot |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəmˈpyut |
Definition of compute
Origin :- 1630s, from French computer, from Latin computare "to count, sum up, reckon together," from com- "with" (see com-) + putare "to reckon," originally "to prune" (see pave). Related: Computed; computing.
- verb calculate, estimate
- In our political parties, compute the power of badges and emblems.
- Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- How many hundreds were done to death in this fashion it is impossible to compute.
- Extract from : « The War in South Africa » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Finally, we compute the moment of momentum of the sun due to its rotation.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Heavens » by Robert Stawell Ball
- December 5th, 1732, as we compute;—a kind of epoch in his Majesty's life.
- Extract from : « History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. IX. (of XXI.) » by Thomas Carlyle
- It is difficult to compute the value of the mother to the child.
- Extract from : « History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) » by George Washington Williams
- The price he would have given for a talk with Ann would not have been easy to compute.
- Extract from : « T. Tembarom » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- It is fortunate that the Lunar radar stations could compute their orbit.
- Extract from : « The Man Who Hated Mars » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- How many years younger he had become already he could not compute.
- Extract from : « The Prodigal Father » by J. Storer Clouston
- The damage done to the Ships that were sav'd, is past our Power to compute.
- Extract from : « The Storm » by Daniel Defoe
- He was born, as nearly as I could compute the time, about 1747.
- Extract from : « The Indian in his Wigwam » by Henry R. Schoolcraft
Synonyms for compute
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