as in to calculate
to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations
for the test we were required to compute the answers without using a calculator
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Recent Examples of compute
Built using huge amounts of computing power at a Tennessee data center, Grok amounts to Musk’s attempt to outdo rivals such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini in building an AI assistant that shows its reasoning before answering a question.
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
Built using huge amounts of computing power at a Tennessee data center, Grok is Musk’s attempt to outdo rivals such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini in building an AI assistant that shows its reasoning before answering a question.
—Matt O’Brien, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
Each firm has its competencies and costing schedules, but more obvious differentiation manifests itself in terms of how far each vendor can extend into the edge computing space and, crucially, make use of AI accelerators and intelligence boosters.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Making Android the base of Google's personal computing efforts could fuel the company's next attempt to compete with the iPad.
—ArsTechnica, 14 July 2025
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
Built using huge amounts of computing power at a Tennessee data center, Grok is Musk’s attempt to outdo rivals such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini in building an AI assistant that shows its reasoning before answering a question.
—Matt O’Brien, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
Each firm has its competencies and costing schedules, but more obvious differentiation manifests itself in terms of how far each vendor can extend into the edge computing space and, crucially, make use of AI accelerators and intelligence boosters.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Making Android the base of Google's personal computing efforts could fuel the company's next attempt to compete with the iPad.
—ArsTechnica, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compute
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These have included, in recent years, NASA, whose OSIRIS-REx mission (2016-23) collected samples from the Bennu asteroid, which measures a third of a mile across and has been calculated to have a not infinitesimal chance of colliding with Earth in the twenty-second century.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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The track’s owners and construction executives calculated what could be built in time for the Aug. 25 race: Temporary bleachers and red and white tents would replace the Post and Paddock Club.—
Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
27 July 2025
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It wasn’t written into law, but the markets figured Uncle Sam would come to the rescue if there were trouble.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Jordan Roa and Terrell Baptiste, a transfer from Massachusetts, figure to get most snaps at quarterback.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 July 2025
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“Compute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compute. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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