adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a calculated gamble (= one in which you consider the risks very carefully )
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He made a calculated gamble that an early election would return his party to power.
deliberate/calculated/outright deceit
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
carefully
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Some of the carefully calculated compartments in Kircher's ark.
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There was a more carefully calculated rotation of crops.
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The Bridge disaster, along with the subsequent events on Moloch, had thrown Piper's carefully calculated schedules into complete disarray.
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Even the betting person makes a carefully calculated and rational decision about where to put his or her money.
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They could see their carefully calculated plans disappearing in a wave of public protest.
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Bill 86 is a carefully calculated device to pull businessmen and minority groups firmly behind his party in that fight.
■ NOUN
risk
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The whole point is adventure and calculated risk taking.
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It was a calculated risk to take a man without forensic experience, but we were looking for a manager primarily.
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These high-handed tactics were obviously risky, but they were a calculated risk .
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He just took a calculated risk on the spur of the moment.
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But it is a calculated risk .
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He says that every business move is a calculated risk , but gambling is for idiots who believe in luck.
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It has two interesting components: calculated risk and cunning.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be calculated to do sth
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The commercials are calculated to attract young single consumers.
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By the end of 1988 the lifetime output was calculated to be less than 22 percent of its original design capacity.
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Depreciation is calculated to write off the cost or valuation of tangible assets other than freehold land over their estimated useful lives.
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On the contrary, much of it - the taxation proposals in particular - is calculated to sacrifice our competitive edge.
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Pearsons correlation coefficient was calculated to measure the association between continuous variables.
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Spearman's Rank-Order Correlation Coefficient was calculated to determine the correlation between relative frequency and coverage.
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The maximum concentration of free fatty acid in the incubation mixture was calculated to be 50 µM.
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The S phase duration was calculated to be 10 hours.
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The way the Sibyl thought it necessary to start was calculated to frighten any but the boldest.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It was a calculated attempt to make the governor look foolish.
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She got rid of her victims one by one, with cold and calculated precision.
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Statements made by Mr. Lyman were just a calculated scare tactic designed to frighten consumers.
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The cruelty with which Mengele's orders were carried out was ruthless and calculated .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I suspect that the unattended team is deliberate: a calculated suppression of Myrtilos.
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I work in a very intuitive way rather than in a calculated manner.
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The Bridge disaster, along with the subsequent events on Moloch, had thrown Piper's carefully calculated schedules into complete disarray.
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The most fruitful studies have been based on calculated energy levels.
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