CALCULATE


Meaning of CALCULATE in English

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

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