Meaning

3 senses

  1. A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media.

    Meronyms: processor, microprocessor, CPU

    I spend around 6 hours a day at the computer.

    Computer, Rechner

    компью́терkompʹjútɛr, ЭВМEVM

    комп'ю́терkompʺjúter

  2. (historical)A person employed to perform computations; one who computes.

    вычисли́тельvyčislítelʹ, вычисли́тельницаvyčislítelʹnica, расчётчикrasčótčik

  3. A person employed to perform computations; one who computes.

    (historical)A male computer.

    Coordinate term: (female) computress

More definitions
  • a machine for performing calculations automatically
  • an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)

Examples

2978 sentences

  1. I don't know much about computers.

    Я не дуже розуміюся на комп'ютерах. — deniko

    ruЯ мало понимаю в компьютерах. — drnm2

    deIch verstehe nicht viel von Computern. — Wolf

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  2. Tom knows a lot about computers.

    Том багато знає про комп'ютери. — deniko

    ruТом много знает о компьютерах. — paul_lingvo

    deTom weiß viel über Rechner. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Tom loves playing old computer games.

    Том обожнює грати у старі комп'ютерні ігри. — deniko

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  4. Tom works for a computer company.

    Том працює у комп'ютерній компанії. — deniko

    deTom arbeitet für eine Computerfirma. — wolfgangth

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  5. Tom doesn't know anything about computers.

    Том нічого не знає про комп'ютери. — deniko

    ruТом не разбирается в компьютерах. — marafon

    deTom versteht nichts von Computern. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
programmable electronic device:
Русский
By meaning 2
programmable electronic device:
person:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
programmable electronic device:

Origin

From compute + -er. Doublet of cantore, counter, and kontor. The sense referring to people

From compute + -er. Doublet of cantore, counter, and kontor. The sense referring to people first appears c. 1613 in the works of the poet Richard Brathwait. The sense referring to a machine first appears c. 1897 in the magazine Engineering.

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Forms

plural: computers
Singularcomputer
Pluralcomputers

regular

Synonyms

20 synonyms
boxA1calculatorB1machineA1computatormental calculatorhuman calculatordata processing machineelectronic brainelectronic computernumber cruncherthinking machine'puter
Close in meaning

Word family

95 related words
RelatedcomputeB2softwareA2computationcomputingcomputuscomputerizecomputerise
Derivedanticomputercompucondriacompunicationscompusexcomputeracycomputer-aided designcomputer-aided translationcomputer architecturecomputeratecomputer-basedcomputer chesscomputer chipcomputercidecomputer codecomputer-controlled timingcomputer corecomputer datingcomputerdomcomputer dustercomputer engineercomputer engineeringcomputeresecomputeresquecomputerette

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a new computer
  • new computer
  • a computer programmer
  • computer programmer
  • computer games
  • buy the computer
  • use a computer
  • kind of computer
  • old computer
  • use my computer
  • at his computer
  • on his computer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
compulsoryB2computationcomputeB2computerizeC2computingcomrade
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