compute
verb (used with object)
to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate.
computed
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past participleof compute.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof compute.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
computeverb (used with object)to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate.
Example Sentences
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Price said newer security machines that TSA is installing to replace traditional X-ray machines have computed tomography capabilities, which "can do a much better job of detecting liquid-based explosives".
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
A puzzling fossil from the Late Devonian Gogo Formation in WA has now been examined using advanced imaging techniques such as CT scanning and computed tomography.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2026
Software also will be needed to present what AI has computed in a way that people can understand, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 26, 2026
“I computed the statistics,” he says, “and decided it was fifty-fifty.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
She worked through every minute of what was programmed to be a three-orbit mission, coming up with numbers for eleven different output variables, each computed to eight significant digits.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
