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   compute

   /kəmˈpjuːt/

   verb

   • 1. reckon or calculate (a figure or amount): "the hire charge is computed on a daily basis"
   • ▪ seem reasonable; make sense: "the idea just doesn't compute"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from French computer or Latin computare, from com- ‘together’ + putare ‘to settle (an account)’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. computability noun
   • 2. computable adjective
   • 3. computably adverb
   • 4. computist noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • C

     3

   • O

     1

   • M

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   • P

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   • U

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