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calculate

/ˈkælkjʊleɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables
cal-cu-late
IPA
/ˈkælkjʊleɪt/
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.

Transitive verb

verb

To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.

Intransitive verb

verb

To plan; to expect; to think.

American usage; Intransitive verb

verb

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.

verb

To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end.

verb

To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek χᾰ́λῐξ (khắlĭx)bor.? substratebor.? Latin calx Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin calculus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin calculōbor. English calculate 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).

Usage

Inflected Forms

calculates (present, singular) calculating (participle, present) calculated (participle, past) calculated (past) no-table-tags (table tags) glossary (inflection template) calculated (first person, past) calculatest (archaic, present) calculated (past, second person) calculatedst (archaic, past) calculateth (archaic, present) calculated (past, singular)

Derived Forms

backcalculate calculable calculant calculatable calculated calculating calculative calculatory miscalculate outcalculate overcalculate precalculate

Phrases

calculate out

Frequently Paired Words

calculation calculus calculator incalculable

Synonyms

compute reckon work out calculate cipher supputate suppute cypher figure

Rhymes With

recalculate miscalculate

Questions

How do you pronounce calculate?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkælkjʊleɪt/.
What does calculate mean?
To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
Where does calculate come from?
Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek χᾰ́λῐξ (khắlĭx)bor.? substratebor.? Latin calx Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin calculus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin calculōbor. English calculate 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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