calculate
verb /ˈkælkjuleɪt/
/ˈkælkjuleɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they calculate | /ˈkælkjuleɪt/ /ˈkælkjuleɪt/ |
| he / she / it calculates | /ˈkælkjuleɪts/ /ˈkælkjuleɪts/ |
| past simple calculated | /ˈkælkjuleɪtɪd/ /ˈkælkjuleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle calculated | /ˈkælkjuleɪtɪd/ /ˈkælkjuleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form calculating | /ˈkælkjuleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈkælkjuleɪtɪŋ/ |
- to use numbers to find out a total number, amount, distance, etc. synonym work out
- calculate something An independent valuer will calculate the value of your property.
- That figure was calculated using the standard equation.
- Use the formula to calculate the volume of the container.
- We haven’t really calculated the cost of the vacation yet.
- Benefit is calculated on the basis of average weekly earnings.
- calculate something from something Expected cancer rates were calculated from data from the eight surrounding counties.
- calculate something by something The daily doses were calculated by a somewhat simpler method.
- calculate something by doing something The ratio is calculated by dividing a company's share price by its earnings per share.
- calculate how much, what, etc. You'll need to calculate how much time the assignment will take.
- it is calculated that… It has been calculated that at least 47 000 jobs were lost last year.
- be calculated at… The sum involved was calculated at $82 million.
Extra ExamplesTopics Maths and measurementb2- It's difficult to calculate precisely what we've spent.
- The amount is calculated according to the number of years you have paid into the plan.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- exactly
- precisely
- …
- according to
- at
- to guess something or form an opinion by using all the information available synonym estimate
- calculate that… Conservationists calculate that hundreds of species could be lost in this area.
- calculate how much, what, etc. It is impossible to calculate what influence he had on her life.
- calculate something It's impossible to calculate the extent of his influence on her.
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc1, Doubt, guessing and certaintyc1- Calculating that he would not be home yet, I slipped in through the back door.
- Environmentalists calculate that hundreds of plant species may be affected.
- I tried to calculate how much time it would take me to get there.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- shrewdly
- correctly
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin calculat- ‘counted’, from the verb calculare, from calculus ‘a small pebble (as used on an abacus)’.