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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.
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.
CALCULATE definition: 1. to judge the number or amount of something by using the information that you already have, and…. Learn more.
Calculated definition: arrived at or determined by mathematical calculation; ascertained mathematically.. See examples of CALCULATED used in a sentence.
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.
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.
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.
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.
to guess something or form an opinion by using all the information available synonym estimate. calculate that… Conservationists calculate that hundreds of species could be lost in this area. calculate how much, what, etc. It is impossible to calculate what influence he had on her life.
