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- Dictionarycalculated/ˈkalkjʊleɪtɪd/
adjective
- 1. (of an action) done with full awareness of the likely consequences: "victims of vicious and calculated assaults"
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CALCULATED definition: 1. planned or arranged in order to produce a particular effect: 2. planned or arranged in order to…. Learn more.
CALCULATE definition: 1. to judge the number or amount of something by using the information that you already have, and…. Learn more.
1. : apt, likely. 2. a. : worked out by mathematical calculation. b. : engaged in, undertaken, or displayed after reckoning or estimating the statistical probability of success or failure. a calculated risk. 3. a. : planned or contrived to accomplish a purpose. b. : deliberate, intended. a calculated attempt to deceive voters. calculatedly adverb.
1. a. : to determine by mathematical processes. calculate the rate of acceleration. b. : to reckon by exercise of practical judgment : estimate. calculate the likelihood of success. : to solve or probe the meaning of : figure out. trying to calculate his expression Hugh MacLennan. 2. : to design or adapt for a purpose.
If you do something in a calculated way, you've given it quite a bit of thought beforehand, and you're very deliberate in the way you do it. Sometimes calculated can have a positive meaning, like when you plan ahead and are thoughtful about something.
Calculated definition: arrived at or determined by mathematical calculation; ascertained mathematically.. See examples of CALCULATED used in a sentence.
Definition of 'calculated' calculated. (kælkjʊleɪtɪd ) 1. adjective. If something is calculated to have a particular effect, it is specially done or arranged in order to have that effect. Their movements were calculated to terrify landowners into abandoning their holdings.
Calculate definition: to determine or ascertain by mathematical methods; compute. See examples of CALCULATE used in a sentence.
to judge the number or amount of something by using the information that you already have, and adding, taking away, multiplying, or dividing numbers: The cost of the damage caused by the recent storms has been calculated as/at over $5 million. The new tax system would be calculated on the value of property owned by an individual.
Definitions of 'calculated' 1. If something is calculated to have a particular effect, it is specially done or arranged in order to have that effect. [...] 2. If you say that something is not calculated to have a particular effect, you mean that it is unlikely to have that effect. [...] 3.
