calculated
pronunciation
How to pronounce calculated in British English:
UK [ˈkælkjuleɪtɪd]
How to pronounce calculated in American English:
US [ˈkælkjəˌletɪd]
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- Adjective:
- carefully thought out in advance
- determined by mathematical computation
Word Origin
- calculated (adj.)
- 1863, "devised beforehand," past participle adjective from calculate. Earlier, "suited, apt" (1722).
Example
- 1. How the un calculated these figures is hazy .
- 2. It is even lower when calculated using common european methods .
- 3. Gross profit is calculated as revenues minus cost of sales .
- 4. Karen carefully calculated the period when she was most fertile .
- 5. But the calculated chances of such events occurring are tiny .