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Calculate

//ˈkælkjʊleɪt// verb

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Verb

1
To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process. transitive
"Calculate the square root of 3 to 10 decimal places."
2
make a mathematical calculation or computation wordnet
3
To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon. intransitive
4
judge to be probable wordnet
5
To plan; to expect; to think. US, dialectal, intransitive
"I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal’lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn."

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have faith or confidence in wordnet
7
To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of.
"to calculate or cast one’s nativity"
8
specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public wordnet
9
To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end.
"to calculate a system of laws for the government and protection of a free people"
10
predict in advance wordnet
11
To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
12
keep an account of wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calculātus, perfect passive participle of calculō (“to reckon, compute, calculate”, originally by means of pebbles) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from calculus (“a pebble”), further from calx (“limestone”, calc- in compounds) + -ulus (forms diminutives).

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