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- DictionaryCal·cu·lat·ed/ˈkalkyəˌlādəd/
adjective
- 1. (of an action) done with full awareness of the likely consequences: "victims of vicious and calculated assaults"
1. : apt, likely. 2. a. : worked out by mathematical calculation. b. : engaged in, undertaken, or displayed after reckoning or estimating the statistical probability of success or failure. a calculated risk. 3. a. : planned or contrived to accomplish a purpose. b. : deliberate, intended. a calculated attempt to deceive voters. calculatedly adverb.
1. a. : to determine by mathematical processes. calculate the rate of acceleration. b. : to reckon by exercise of practical judgment : estimate. calculate the likelihood of success. c. : to solve or probe the meaning of : figure out.
CALCULATED definition: 1. planned or arranged in order to produce a particular effect: 2. planned or arranged in order to…. Learn more.
Calculated definition: arrived at or determined by mathematical calculation; ascertained mathematically.. See examples of CALCULATED used in a sentence.
If you do something in a calculated way, you've given it quite a bit of thought beforehand, and you're very deliberate in the way you do it. Sometimes calculated can have a positive meaning, like when you plan ahead and are thoughtful about something.
CALCULATE definition: 1. to judge the number or amount of something by using the information that you already have, and…. Learn more.
If something is calculated to have a particular effect, it is specially done or arranged in order to have that effect.
Definition of calculate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb (used with object) , cal·cu·lat·ed, cal·cu·lat·ing. to determine or ascertain by mathematical methods; compute: to calculate the velocity of light. Synonyms: cast, figure, count. to determine by reasoning, common sense, or practical experience; estimate; evaluate; gauge.
calculate. If you calculate a number or amount, you discover it from information that you already have, by using arithmetic, mathematics, or a special machine. From this you can calculate the total mass in the Galaxy. We calculate that the average size farm in Lancaster County is 65 acres.
