CALCULATE


Meaning of CALCULATE in English

(~s, calculating, ~d)

1.

If you ~ 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 ~ the total mass in the Galaxy...

We ~ that the average size farm in Lancaster County is 65 acres...

= work out

VERB: V n, V that

2.

If you ~ 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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