calculate
pronunciation
How to pronounce calculate in British English:
UK [ˈkælkjuleɪt]
How to pronounce calculate in American English:
US [ˈkælkjuleɪt]
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- Verb:
- make a mathematical calculation or computation
- judge to be probable
- keep an account of
- predict in advance
- specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- have faith or confidence in
Word Origin
- calculate
- calculate: [16] Calculate comes from the past participial stem of the Latin verb calculāre, a derivative of the noun calculus, which meant ‘pebble’. This was almost certainly a diminutive form of Latin calx, from which English gets calcium and chalk. The notion of ‘counting’ was present in the word from ancient times, for a specialized sense of Latin calculus was ‘stone used in counting, counter’ (its modern mathematical application to differential and integral calculus dates from the 18th century).Another sense of Latin calculus was ‘stone in the bladder or kidney’, which was its meaning when originally borrowed into English in the 17th century.=> calcarious, calcium, calculus, causeway, chalk
- calculate (v.)
- 1560s, "to compute, to estimate by mathematical means," from Latin calculatus, past participle of calculare "to reckon, compute," from calculus (see calculus). Meaning "to plan, devise" is from 1650s. Replaced earlier calculen (mid-14c.), from Old French calculer. Related: Calculable.
Example
- 1. Elevators already calculate the total weight in the car .
- 2. The most recent attempt to calculate the importance of exports provided some dramatic conclusions .
- 3. I used this to remember how to calculate the determinant of a matrix .
- 4. For these reasons , the authors calculate that france and america have about the same standard of living .
- 5. Us and british military calculate that col gaddafi has sufficient momentum to attack benghazi within five to 10 days .