transcription, транскрипция: [ kælkjʊleɪt ]
( calculates, calculating, calculated)
1.
If you calculate a number or amount, you discover it from information that you already have, by using arithmetic, mathematics, or a special machine.
From this you can calculate the total mass in the Galaxy...
We calculate that the average size farm in Lancaster County is 65 acres...
= work out
VERB : V n , V that
2.
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.
I believe I am capable of calculating the political consequences accurately...
The President is calculating that this will somehow relieve the international pressure on him.
VERB : V n , V that