Meaning

(transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
2. (intransitive, mathematics) To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
3. (intransitive, US, dialect) To plan; to expect; to think.
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.
5. To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end.
6. (chess) To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.

Example Sentences

Calculate the square root of 3 to 10 decimal places.

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.

to calculate or cast one’s nativity

A cunning man did calculate my birth.

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

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

Word Forms

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Use calculate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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