CALCULATE


Meaning of CALCULATE in English

verb

1 work out a number, etc.

ADVERB

▪ accurately , exactly , precisely

It's difficult to ~ precisely what we've spent.

▪ mentally

PREPOSITION

▪ according to

The amount is ~d according to the number of years you have paid into the plan.

▪ at

The sum involved was ~d at $82 million.

2 form an opinion using information available

ADVERB

▪ carefully , shrewdly

▪ correctly

He correctly ~d that the others would not dare fight back.

▪ coldly

The incident had been coldly ~d to humiliate him.

Calculate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ angle , ↑ average , ↑ circumference , ↑ concentration , ↑ cost , ↑ density , ↑ diameter , ↑ distance , ↑ duration , ↑ earnings , ↑ efficiency , ↑ estimate , ↑ extent , ↑ figure , ↑ frequency , ↑ index , ↑ latitude , ↑ likelihood , ↑ longitude , ↑ measure , ↑ measurement , ↑ move , ↑ number , ↑ odds , ↑ percentage , ↑ probability , ↑ proportion , ↑ rate , ↑ ratio , ↑ rent , ↑ repayment , ↑ return , ↑ risk , ↑ score , ↑ size , ↑ stress , ↑ sum , ↑ tax , ↑ value , ↑ volume

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