calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
(verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
compute (third-person singular simple present computes, present participle computing, simple past and past participle computed)
(transitive) To reckon or calculate.
(intransitive, informal) To make sense.
compute (uncountable)
(computing, informal) computational power
Source: Wiktionary
Com*pute", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Computed; p. pr. & vb. n. Computing.] Etym: [L. computare. See Count, v. t.]
Definition: To determine calculation; to reckon; to count. Two days, as we compute the days of heaven. Milton. What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. Burns.
Syn.
– To calculate; number; count; recken; estimate; enumerate; rate. See Calculate.
Com*pute", n. Etym: [L. computus: cf. F. comput.]
Definition: Computation. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
