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# calculate

verb (calculate, calculates, calculated, calculating); noun calculation; adjective calculated, calculating

«calculate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To work out an amount or answer using numbers, in your head, on paper or with a calculator. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculate/#m1)
2. To judge or estimate something by thinking carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculate/#m2)
3. (calculated) Planned on purpose, like "a calculated risk". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculate/#m3)
4. (calculating) Clever in a cold, selfish way, planning to get what you want. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculate/#m4)

### In the lessons

In maths it is the main instruction word: "Calculate the area", "Calculate the total". In science it means finding values like speed. In stories "calculating" describes a cunning villain. Phrases: "calculate the total", "calculate how many", "a calculated risk".

### Examples

- Calculate 24 × 3. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculate/#x1)
- We calculated the area of the playground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculate/#x2)
- Calculate how much change you get from £5. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculate/#x3)
- Scientists calculate how fast the planet moves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculate/#x4)
- She calculated that she could finish before dark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculate/#x5)
- It was a calculated risk to go for the goal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculate/#x6)
- The calculating fox tricked the crow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculate/#x7)

### Note

In a maths question "calculate" means show working and give an exact number. Not the same as "estimate" (a rough answer). Spelled with one l: calculate, calculator.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «calculate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«calculate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/calculate.html) on Mova free.