COMPUTE in a Sentence

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For COMPUTE, below is one of 217 sentences:
We compute the Tramecksan, or high heels, to exceed us in number; but the power is wholly on our side.

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 Meanings and Examples of COMPUTE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
compute
 v.  reckon; make mathematical calculation
Classic Sentence:
1  We compute the Tramecksan, or high heels, to exceed us in number; but the power is wholly on our side.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER IV.
2  They were in all not above twenty-five thousand foot, and six thousand horse; but it was impossible for me to compute their number, considering the space of ground they took up.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER VII.
3  We rowed, by my computation, about three leagues, till we were able to work no longer, being already spent with labour while we were in the ship.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER I.
4  By the same computation, they provided me with sheets, blankets, and coverlets, tolerable enough for one who had been so long inured to hardships.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER II.
5  On a moderate computation, it was many months, that Sunday, since I had left Joe and Biddy.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXII
6  It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death, rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER IV.
7  I computed the number of our people, by reckoning how many millions there might be of each religious sect, or political party among us.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER VI.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  She's been given leave of absence to attend a computer course.
17  The report compares the different types of home computer available.
18  He was busy tapping away at his computer.
19  There is a dynamic ball in the computer.
20  All applicants for the job should have a basic grounding in computer skills.
21  The language this computer uses is BASIC.
22  A degree in computer science offers a fast track to the top.
23  Most computer users have never received any formal keyboard training.
24  We're having a lot of trouble with the new computer system.
25  Officials type each passport number into a computer.
26  I'm unfamiliar with this type of computer.
27  If you type in the search string 'ing', the computer will find all the words containing 'ing'.
28  He has a stack of computer equipment he's knocked off from various shops.
29  The video provides instruction on how to operate the computer.
30  A school technician pirated anything from video nasties to computer games.