put-, puta-, -pute, -puter, -puting, -putate, -putation, -putative
(Latin: putatus past participle of putare: to think over, consider, reckon, count; to trim, prune, lop, cut, clean, clear, unmixed)
From Latin, puto-, putare: literally; especially of trees, "to lop, to prune" and "to cleanse, to clear"; then (1) "to clear up, to settle"; especially, of accounts; (2) "to reckon, to estimate, to value"; (3) "to consider, to hold, to believe, to think".
1. A narrative or record of events.
2. A report relating to one's conduct: "She gave a satisfactory account of herself."
3. A formal banking, brokerage, or business relationship established to provide for regular services, dealings, and other financial transactions.
4. A precise list or enumeration of financial transactions.
5. Money deposited for checking, savings, or brokerage use.
6. A customer having a business or credit relationship with a firm.
7. Worth, standing, or importance: "He was a landowner of some account."
8. Profit or advantage: "She turned her writing skills to good account."
9. Etymology: Middle English, from Old French acont, from aconter, "to reckon" from a-, "to" (Latin, ad-) + cunter, "to count, to tell"; from Latin computre, "to sum up"; from com, "with, together" + putare, "to think".
2. A report relating to one's conduct: "She gave a satisfactory account of herself."
3. A formal banking, brokerage, or business relationship established to provide for regular services, dealings, and other financial transactions.
4. A precise list or enumeration of financial transactions.
5. Money deposited for checking, savings, or brokerage use.
6. A customer having a business or credit relationship with a firm.
7. Worth, standing, or importance: "He was a landowner of some account."
8. Profit or advantage: "She turned her writing skills to good account."
9. Etymology: Middle English, from Old French acont, from aconter, "to reckon" from a-, "to" (Latin, ad-) + cunter, "to count, to tell"; from Latin computre, "to sum up"; from com, "with, together" + putare, "to think".
account, accounts; accounted; accounting (verbs)
1. Being liable or answerable for something.
2. Responsibility to someone or for some activity.
3. In education: a policy of holding schools and teachers accountable for students' academic progress by linking such progress with funding for salaries, maintenance, etc.
2. Responsibility to someone or for some activity.
3. In education: a policy of holding schools and teachers accountable for students' academic progress by linking such progress with funding for salaries, maintenance, etc.
accountable (adjective)
1. Subject to the obligation to report, to explain, or to justify something; being responsible; answerable.
2. Capable of being explained; explicable; explainable.
2. Capable of being explained; explicable; explainable.
accountably (adjective)
1. Descriptive of being liable or being called to account; answerable.
2. A reference to that which can be explained; such as, an accountable phenomenon.
2. A reference to that which can be explained; such as, an accountable phenomenon.
1. Someone who maintains and audits business accounts.
2. Somebody who takes care of the business records of a person, or organization, and prepares forms and reports for tax or other financial purposes.
2. Somebody who takes care of the business records of a person, or organization, and prepares forms and reports for tax or other financial purposes.
1. Someone who accounts, reckons, calculates, gives help to, or renders an account.
2. A narrator.
2. A narrator.
amputate, amputates; amputated; amputating (verbs)
1. To cut off a projecting body part, a limb, or other appendage of the body; especially, in a surgical operation; literally, "to cut around".
2. Etymology: from the Mid-16th century Latin amputat-, past participle of amputare, "cut around" from ambi-, "around" plus putare "to cut".
2. Etymology: from the Mid-16th century Latin amputat-, past participle of amputare, "cut around" from ambi-, "around" plus putare "to cut".
1. Surgical removal of all or part of a limb (arm, leg, or parts of such), an organ, or projecting part or process of the body.
2. Traumatic or spontaneous loss of a limb, organ, or part.
2. Traumatic or spontaneous loss of a limb, organ, or part.
The most common indication for amputation of an upper limb is severe trauma. Other indications may include malignancy, infection, and gangrene.
A person who performs an amputation.
1. Someone who has had a limb of the body or part of a limb cut off.
2. A person or people who have had one or more limbs removed by amputations.
2. A person or people who have had one or more limbs removed by amputations.
A very fast computer made from biochemical substances instead of conventional materials.
Its calculations are performed using biological processes instead of semiconductor technology.
communication, computation
communication, noun (kuh myoo" ni KAY shuhn) (noun)
Information provided in a manner that may include verbal, written, or behavioral: "Preston studied the intern’s skills of communication by reviewing written memos, noting Mindy's posture, and the use of her voice."
computation, noun (kahm" pyoo TAY shuhn) (noun)
The act of determining, by mathematical means, the solution to a numerical problem: "Sonja's skills in computation were exceptional, earning her praise from her mathematics instructor."
During the quiz show, the challenge was to complete the computation of a complicated formula which the contestant did.
The excitement shown on Elsa's face was better than any other form of communication to express her feelings.
computability (s) (noun)
1. The ability to determine by calculation or reckoning.
2. That which can be computed or estimated by using a computer or calculator.
2. That which can be computed or estimated by using a computer or calculator.
computable (adjective)
That which can be computed or estimated: "He was able to determine the computable odds."
Related cutting-word units: cast-; castrat-; -cise, -cide; -ectomy; mutil-; sec-, seg-; temno-; -tomy; trunc-.
