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computing

[kuhm-pyoo-ting] / kəmˈpyu tɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
making
Synonyms
STRONG
aggregating completing concluding constituting producing reckoning summing
WEAK
adding up to consisting of
NOUN
accounting
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bookkeeping
STRONG
auditing calculating reckoning
WEAK
balancing the books
NOUN
addition
Synonyms
STRONG
accretion counting reckoning summation
WEAK
accruing adding enlarging expanding increasing summing tabulating totaling toting
Antonyms
WEAK
decrease deduction lessening loss reduction shrinkage subtraction withdrawal
NOUN
computation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
calculation
STRONG
counting estimation figuring gauge guess reckoning
WEAK
ciphering data processing estimating summing totalling
Antonyms
WEAK
conjecture guesstimation
NOUN
totalization
Synonyms
WEAK
accretion accruing adding counting enlarging expanding increasing reckoning summation summing tabulating totaling toting

Example Sentences

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Tech companies have been tinkering with smartglasses and other face-mounted computing devices for over a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Amazon has a long history of successful investing, and of profitably renting out the computing heft that it builds.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The system works using the same kind of basic logic found in computing.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026

Baskets of stocks tied to quantum computing, memes, expensive software names and autonomous driving all tallied big gains.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

It is possible to predict radio bursts from Jupiter with better reliability than weather forecasts on Earth, by computing the position of Io.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.