ALL meanings of calculate
cal·cu·late
C c - verb 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. 3
- verb calculate If you calculate the effects of something, especially a possible course of action, you think about them in order to form an opinion or decide what to do. 3
- verb calculate to solve (one or more problems) by a mathematical procedure; compute 3
- verb calculate to determine beforehand by judgment, reasoning, etc; estimate 3
- verb calculate to design specifically; aim 3
- verb calculate to depend; rely 3
- verb calculate to suppose; think 3
- verb calculate to intend (to do something) 3
- verb transitive calculate to determine by using mathematics; compute 3
- verb transitive calculate to reckon or determine by reasoning, evaluating, etc.; estimate; judge 3
- verb transitive calculate to plan or intend for a purpose 3
- verb transitive calculate to think, suppose, guess, etc. 3
- verb transitive calculate to have in mind (to go, do, etc.); intend 3
- intransitive verb calculate to make a computation 3
- intransitive verb calculate to rely or depend (on) 3
- verb with object calculate to determine or ascertain by mathematical methods; compute: to calculate the velocity of light. 1
- verb with object calculate to determine by reasoning, common sense, or practical experience; estimate; evaluate; gauge. 1
- verb with object calculate to make suitable or fit for a purpose; adapt (usually used passively and with an infinitive): His remarks were calculated to inspire our confidence. 1
- verb with object calculate Chiefly Northern U.S. to think; guess. to intend; plan. 1
- verb without object calculate to make a computation or form an estimate. 1
- verb without object calculate to count or rely (usually followed by on or upon): They calculated on good weather. 1
- transitive verb calculate determine, measure sth 1
- transitive verb calculate compute sth 1
- transitive verb calculate estimate, predict sth 1
- transitive verb calculate consider sth carefully 1
- noun calculate Determine (the amount or number of something) mathematically. 1
- verb calculate (Transitive Verb) (mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process. 0
- verb calculate (Intransitive Verb) (mathematics) To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon. 0
- verb calculate (Intransitive Verb) (US, dialect) To plan; to expect; to think. 0
- verb calculate 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. 0
- verb calculate To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end. 0