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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

com·pute / kəmˈpyoōt/ • v. [tr.] (often be computed) calculate or reckon (a figure or amount): we can compute the exact increase. ∎ [intr.] make a calculation, esp. using a computer. ∎ [intr.] inf. seem reasonable; make sense: the idea of an ethic governing what goes on in cyberspace simply does not compute. DERIVATIVES: com·put·a·bil·i·ty / kəmˌpyoōtəˈbilitē/ n. com·put·a·ble adj. com·put·a·bly / -blē/ adv. com·put·ist / -ˈpyoōtist/ n.

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compute

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

compute XVII. — F. computer or L. computāre, f. COM- + putāre clear or settle (an account), reckon, think.
So computation XV, computer XVII.

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compute

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

compute •acute, argute, astute, beaut, Beirut, boot, bruit, brut, brute, Bute, butte, Canute, cheroot, chute, commute, compute, confute, coot, cute, depute, dilute, dispute, flute, fruit, galoot, hoot, impute, jute, loot, lute, minute, moot, mute, newt, outshoot, permute, pollute, pursuit, recruit, refute, repute, root, route, salute, Salyut, scoot, shoot, Shute, sloot, snoot, subacute, suit, telecommute, Tonton Macoute, toot, transmute, undershoot, uproot, Ute, volute •Paiute • jackboot • freeboot • top boot •snow boot • gumboot • marabout •statute • bandicoot • Hakluyt •archlute • absolute • dissolute •irresolute, resolute •jackfruit • passion fruit • breadfruit •grapefruit • snakeroot • beetroot •arrowroot • autoroute

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