Sentences with calculate
cal·cu·late
C c - From this you can calculate the total mass in the Galaxy. [VERB noun]
- I believe I am capable of calculating the political consequences accurately. [VERB noun]
- You can calculate your income tax, home rebuilding costs.
- I calculate the price for additional capital.
- The car was calculated to appeal to women
- A tale calculated to mislead us
- The following process is used to calculate each student's ENTER.
- After all, with the Nicaean concept of Easter it is easy to calculate year by year.
- To calculate the velocity of light.
- His remarks were calculated to inspire our confidence.
- They hope to sample at least 100000 people to look for ancient clues in living DNA to calculate who came from where and when.
- Calculate refers to the mathematical determination of a quantity, amount, etc. and implies the use of higher mathematics [to calculate distances in astronomy]; compute suggests simpler mathematics and implies a determinable, hence precise, result [to compute the volume of a cylinder]; estimate implies the judging, usually in advance, of a quantity, cost, etc. and connotes an approximate result [to estimate the cost of building a house]; reckon, an informal substitute for , compute, suggests the use of simple arithmetic such as can be performed mentally [to reckon the days before elections]
- They calculated on good weather.
- 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.