recompute

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verb

To compute again.

“Whenever you edit a value in the spreadsheet, the total at the bottom is recomputed.”

OriginEnglish compute ← French computer ← Latin computāre →
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Meanings

verbrecompute (third-person singular simple present recomputes, present participle recomputing, simple past and past participle recomputed)

present singular third person recomputes · participle present recomputing · participle past recomputed · past recomputed

  1. To compute again.

    Whenever you edit a value in the spreadsheet, the total at the bottom is recomputed.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Latincomputō
  7. Latincomputāre
  8. Frenchcomputer
  9. Englishcompute
  10. Englishrecompute

From re- + compute.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recompute,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recompute.

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