to crunch

Examples

• All

• Trevor types bitterly on the computer, crunching numbers like a madman.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Tuesday, as I crunched numbers at my desk, Lois, the receptionist, buzzed my intercom.

  Fiction book (1999)

• And the way you crunch those numbers is not an open book.

• Let me crunch some numbers.

  Space Cowboys (2000)

• Oh man, I can't wait to just crunch some numbers.

  Sara Dietschy

• Now that the numbers have been crunched, the division among American voters is as clear as ever.

  Blog text (3)

• When he crunched the numbers, he found evidence for an intriguing theory.

  Academic text (2007)

• The user simply enters data about the community and the proposed new development project, and MIPCOM crunches the numbers.

  Academic text (2003)

• Jim Stack, editor of InvesTech Research, an investment newsletter, has crunched the numbers.

  Blog text (13)

• Let me crunch the numbers to see how we can improve our budget.

Synonyms

C

to crunch numbers

vsto crunch

21 3.7

To do calculations and study numbers quickly

focuses on processing very large volumes of numerical data using computers

Antonyms

I

to ignore

∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

Phrasal Verbs

C

to crunch numbers

21 3.7

To do calculations and study numbers quickly

Compounds

C

crunch time

• Informal

12 4.2

A short time when people must work very hard to finish something

C

credit crunch

8 4.5

A time when banks make loans harder to get because they have little money

E

extra crunch

2.1

An added crisp texture that makes food more satisfying to bite

T

tummy crunch

• Informal

3.7

An exercise that lifts the shoulders toward the hips to work the stomach muscles

How Intensive

to crunch

• Specialized

35 4.4

to process

388 3.0

to compute

58 4.0

to calculate

210 2.8

estimate

370 2.6

Surface Forms

Etymology