past and past participle
Calculated an answer, amount, or result by using numbers or information, often with a computer.
The computer computed the complex equation in seconds.
Scientists have computed the probe's trajectory.
American English
How to pronounce computed
verbB2Common word
kʰuhmPʰYOOddihd
/kʰəmˈpʰju.ɾɪd̚/
3 syllables · Stress the second syllable.
Form of compute
Calculated an answer, amount, or result by using numbers or information, often with a computer.
What to listen for
In natural connected speech, “computed” can sound like /kʰm̩ˈpʰju.ɾɪd̚/; the first syllable may have almost no audible vowel.
Meanings & examples
Useful expressions
does not make sense or seem logical
That explanation doesn't compute.
Related words & forms
Drop the final e before -ing: computing, not computeing.