Also spelled calc’lated
verb
Freq #10566
Meanings
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1
verb
To work out an answer or amount using numbers.
Please calculate the total cost of the trip.
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2
verb
To plan or design something carefully for a particular purpose.
His comments were calculated to upset her.
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calculatedcalculatescalculating
Derived forms
backcalculatecalculantcalculatablecalculatedcalculatingcalculativecalculatorymiscalculateoutcalculateovercalculateprecalculaterecalculate
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin calculātus, perfect passive participle of calculō (“to reckon, compute, calculate”, originally by means of pebbles) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from calculus (“a pebble”), further from calx (“limestone”, calc- in compounds) + -ulus (forms diminutives).