different between compute vs guess

English

Etymology

17th century. Borrowed from French computer, from Latin comput? (“calculate, compute”). Doublet of count.

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?m-pyo?ot', IPA^(key): /k?m?pju?t/
• Hyphenation: com?pute
• Rhymes: -u?t

Verb

compute (third-person singular simple present computes, present participle computing, simple past and past participle computed)

1. (transitive) to reckon, calculate
2. (intransitive, informal) to make sense (commonly used in mimicry of a science fictional robot and spoken in a robotic voice; most frequently in negative contexts)

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Translations

Noun

compute (uncountable)

1. (computing, informal) computational power
   • 2015, J. Powell, Mastering vRealize Automation 6.2 (page 41)

     Once you have the total, does it exceed the maximum amount of compute that can be served up in your vCenter environment? It is quite normal for users to consume everything you provide.

   • 2016, Joe Baron, Hisham Baz, Tim Bixler, AWS Certified Solutions Architect Official Study Guide: Associate Exam

     To change the amount of compute and memory, you can select a different DB Instance class of the database.

Further reading

• compute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• compute in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.pyt/
• Homophones: computent, computes

Verb

compute

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of computer
2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of computer
3. second-person singular imperative of computer

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: com?pu?te

Verb

compute

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of computar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of computar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of computar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of computar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kom?pute/, [kõm?pu.t?e]

Verb

compute

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of computar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of computar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of computar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of computar.

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: g?s, IPA^(key): /??s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Etymology 1

From Middle English gessen, probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Danish getse, gitse, getsa (“to guess”), from Old Norse *getsa, *gitsa, from Proto-Germanic *gitis?n? (“to guess”), from Proto-Germanic *getan? (“to get”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?ed- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Danish gisse (“to guess”), Norwegian gissa, gjette (“to guess”), Swedish gissa (“to guess”), Saterland Frisian gisje (“to guess”), Dutch gissen (“to guess”), Low German gissen (“to guess”). Related also to Icelandic giska ("to guess"; from Proto-Germanic *gitisk?n?). Compare also Russian ??????? (gadát?, “to conjecture, guess, divine”), Albanian gjëzë (“riddle”) from gjej (“find, recover, obtain”). More at get.

Verb

guess (third-person singular simple present guesses, present participle guessing, simple past and past participle guessed)

1. To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.
2. To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.

3. (chiefly US) to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
   • 1714, Alexander Pope, Imitations of Horace

     But in known images of life I guess / The labour greater.
4. (colloquial) To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".

5. (obsolete) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.

Synonyms

• hypothesize
• take a stab
• speculate
• assume

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Etymology 2

From Middle English gesse. Cognate with Dutch gis (“a guess”).

Noun

guess (plural guesses)

1. A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.

   Synonyms: estimate, hypothesis, prediction

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• guess in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• guess in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Guses