calculate

Meaning

1. (transitive) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
2. (intransitive) To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
3. (US, dialectal, intransitive) To plan; to expect; to think.
4. 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.
5. To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end.
6. To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.

Synonyms

count

🔢

compute

reckon

estimate

figure

work out

measure

consider

account

forecast

enumerate

guess

think

🤔

tally

judge

🧑‍⚖️

gauge

evaluate

add up

weigh up

do accounts

suppose

work out accounts

plan

cypher

number

🔢

cipher

arrange

bet

conjecture

figure out

approximate

surmise

scheme

rely

sum up

suspect

look

depend

assume

calc

infer

count up

aim

intend

plot

count on

expect

direct

read

📖

connive

Translations

calculer

calcular

calcolare

rechnen

🔢

compter

🔢

berechnen

calcular

rekenen

kalkulieren

berekenen

calcular

υπολογίζω

calculeren

tellen

🔢

ausrechnen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkælkjʊleɪt/

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).