calculate

UK /ˈkælkjʊleɪt/ US /ˈkælkjʊleɪt/
verb 5

Definitions

verb

1

To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.

Calculate the square root of 3 to 10 decimal places.

2

To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.

3

To plan; to expect; to think.

I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal’lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.

4

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.

to calculate or cast one’s nativity

A cunning man did calculate my birth.

5

To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end.

to calculate a system of laws for the government and protection of a free people

[Religion] is […] calculated for our benefit.

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