calculate
English
/ˈkælkjʊleɪt/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
- (intransitive) To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
- (intransitive) To plan; to expect; to think.
- 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.
- To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin calculātus.
Origin
Latin
calculātus
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Cognates and derived terms
- -ant English
- back English
- backcalculate English
- calculant English
- calculatable English
- calculatest English
- calculateth English
- calculative English
- calculator English
- calculatorlike English
- calculatory English
- miscalculate English
- miscalculator English
- overcalculate English
- precalculate English
- recalculate English
- retrocalculate English
- uncalculatable English
- undercalculate English
- calculātus Latin
- calkelatour Middle English
- कैलकुलेटर Hindi
- calculator Cebuano
- kalkulators Latvian
- کیلکولیٹر Urdu