compute

Other forms of compute

past tense

computed·

present participle

computing·

third person

computes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about compute

What does compute mean?

compute means "make a mathematical calculation or computation".

How many syllables are in compute?

compute has 2 syllables: com-pute. The stress falls on "pute". In IPA it is /kəmˈpjut/.

What is another word for compute?

Close synonyms include calculate, cipher, cypher, work out, reckon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is compute a common word?

compute is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with compute?

3 words rhyme with compute. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.