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- [kal-kyuh-leyt]
- /ˈkæl kyəˌleɪt/
- /ˈkælkjuleɪt/
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- [kal-kyuh-leyt]
- /ˈkæl kyəˌleɪt/
Definitions of calculate word
- verb calculate If you calculate a number or amount, you discover it from information that you already have, by using arithmetic, mathematics, or a special machine. 3
- verb calculate 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. 3
- verb calculate to solve (one or more problems) by a mathematical procedure; compute 3
- verb calculate to determine beforehand by judgment, reasoning, etc; estimate 3
- verb calculate to design specifically; aim 3
- verb calculate to depend; rely 3
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Origin of calculate
First appearance:
before 1560 One of the 32% oldest English words
1560-70; < Late Latin calculātus reckoned (past participle of calculāre), equivalent to calculus pebble (see calculus) + -ātus -ate1
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Parts of speech for Calculate
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
calculate popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for calculate
verb calculate
- count — A Count is a European nobleman with the same rank as an English earl.
- guess — to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
- consider — If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
- reckon — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- tally — an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
Antonyms for calculate
verb calculate
- guess — to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
- disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- subtract — to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
- neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
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