Sure vs Compute - What's the difference?
sure | compute |
Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.
Certain in one's knowledge or belief.
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Certain to act or be a specified way.
(obsolete) Free from danger; safe; secure.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Betrothed; engaged to marry.
* Sir T. More
* Brome
Without doubt.
To reckon or calculate.
(informal) To make sense.
As an adjective sure
is physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.As an adverb sure
is without doubt.As an interjection sure
is yes, of course.As a verb compute is
to reckon or calculate.sure
English
Adjective
(er)- Fear not; the forest is not three leagues off; / If we recover that we are sure enough.
- The king was sure to Dame Elizabeth Lucy, and her husband before God.
- I presume that you had been sure as fast as faith could bind you, man and wife.
Synonyms
* (secure and steadfast) certain, failsafe, reliable * (sense, steadfast in one's knowledge or belief) certain, positive, wisDerived terms
* for sure * surely * sure up (sure)Adverb
(en adverb)- Sure he's coming! Why wouldn't he?
- "Did you kill that bear yourself? ?"I sure did!"
Usage notes
* Often proscribed in favor of surely. May be informal.Synonyms
* certainly, of course, OK, yesReferences
* 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988Statistics
*compute
English
Verb
(comput)- Can anyone here compute the square root of 10201?
- Does that compute , or do I need to explain further?