Calculate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To ascertain by computation; reckon: calculating the area of a circle; calculated their probable time of arrival.
  • v. To make an estimate of; evaluate: calculating the team's chances of winning.
  • v. To make for a deliberate purpose; design: a sturdy car that is calculated to last for years; a choice that was calculated to please.
  • v. Chiefly New England To suppose: "I cal'late she's a right smart cook” ( Dialect Notes).
  • v. Chiefly New England To plan, intend, or count on.
  • verb-intransitive. To perform a mathematical process; figure: We must measure and calculate to determine how much paint will be needed.
  • verb-intransitive. To predict consequences.
  • verb-intransitive. Regional To suppose; guess.
  • verb-intransitive. Regional To count, depend, or rely on someone or something: We're calculating on your help.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
  • v. To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process.
  • v. To plan something, especially something morally wrong.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.
  • verb-intransitive. To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of.
  • verb-intransitive. To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end.
  • verb-intransitive. To plan; to expect; to think.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a calculation; to forecast consequences; to estimate; to compute.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To ascertain by computation; compute; reckon up arithmetically or by items: as, to calculate interest, or the cost of a house.
  • To make an estimate of; compute by weighing related facts or circumstances in the mind: as, to calculate chances or probabilities.
  • To fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to the end; make suitable; plan: generally in the perfect participle, and frequently (though improperly) in the sense of fitted, without any thought of intentional adaptation.
  • To purpose; intend; design: as, he calculates to do it; he calculates to go.
  • To think; guess.
  • To make a computation; arrive at a conclusion after weighing all the circumstances; form an estimate; reckon: as, we calculate better for ourselves than for others; to calculate on (that is, with expectation of) fine weather.
  • To speculate about future events; predict.
  • To suppose or believe, after deliberation; think; ‘guess’; ‘reckon’: as, you are wrong there, I calculate.
  • n. Calculation.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. judge to be probable
  • v. keep an account of
  • v. predict in advance
  • v. specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
  • v. make a mathematical calculation or computation
  • v. have faith or confidence in
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    call    foretell    anticipate    predict    prognosticate    forebode    promise    designate    specify    intend   
    Hyponym
    balance    charge    compound    overbalance    bill    debit    credit   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    reckon    rate    count    compute    estimate    plan    expect    think    discover    intend   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
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