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recompute

recompute verb: to compute again.

Verb

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

  1. To compute again.
    • Whenever you edit a value in the spreadsheet, the total at the bottom is recomputed.

Forms of recompute

third-person singular presentrecomputes
present participlerecomputing
past participlerecomputed
pastrecomputed

Origin of recompute

From re- + compute.

Words formed from recompute

Questions about recompute

What does recompute mean?
Recompute means to compute again.
What part of speech is recompute?
Recompute is a verb.
What is the past tense of recompute?
The past tense of recompute is recomputed.

Words near recompute in the dictionary

  1. recomps
  2. recomputability
  3. recomputable
  4. recomputation
  5. recomputations
  6. recompute
  7. recomputed
  8. recomputes
  9. recomputing
  10. recon
  11. reconaissance

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