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calculate

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English

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Papers and calculators are common tools for calculation.

Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatincalculātus,perfect passive participle ofcalculō(“to reckon, computem calculate”,originally by means of pebbles) (see-ate(verb-forming suffix)), fromcalculus(“a pebble”), further fromcalx(“limestone”,calc- in compounds) +‎-ulus(forms diminutives).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈkælkjʊleɪt/,/ˈkælkjəleɪt/
Audio(US): (file)
Hyphenation:cal‧cu‧late

Verb

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calculate (third-person singular simple presentcalculates,present participlecalculating,simple past and past participlecalculated)

(transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
Calculate the square root of 3 to 10 decimal places.
(intransitive, mathematics) To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process;reckon.
(intransitive, US, dialect) To plan; to expect; to think.
- 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:
  I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, Ical’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.
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.
tocalculate or cast one’s nativity
- 1591 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act IV, scene i]:
  A cunning man didcalculate my birth.
To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end.
tocalculate a system of laws for the government and protection of a free people
- 1671,John Tillotson, “Sermon IV. The Advantages of Religion to Particular Persons.Psalm XIX. 11.”, inThe Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], 8th edition, London: […] T. Goodwin, B[enjamin] Tooke, and J. Pemberton, […]; J. Round […], andJ[acob] Tonson] […], published1720,→OCLC:
  [Religion] is[…]calculated for our benefit.
(chess) To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofcalculate
	present tense	past tense
infinitive	(to)calculate

1st-person singular	calculate	calculated
2nd-person singular	calculate,calculatest^†	calculated,calculatedst^†
3rd-person singular	calculates,calculateth^†	calculated
plural	calculate	calculated

subjunctive	calculate	calculated

imperative	calculate	—

participles	calculating	calculated