Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

computative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: com-pu-ta-tive
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

of or relating to computation, computational

adj

calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning

Example Sentences

"Adopting (the additional computative burden imposed by it notwithstanding) Schönfeld's modification of Airy's formulae"
"The reckoning need not be genuinely computative (intellectual); it may take the form of motor adjustments"
"What will please reckless, computative and vulgar persons."
"The demands of computative justice are thus unconsciously fulfilled by the last scions of a tainted stock."

Etymology

Etymology tree English computation Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English computative From computation + -ive.

Inflected Forms

more computative (comparative) most computative (superlative)

Derived Forms

computativeness

Frequently Paired Words

computational

Questions

What does computative mean?: of or relating to computation, computational
Where does computative come from?: Etymology tree English computation Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English computative From computation + -ive.

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