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# calculating

adjective (calculating); verb form (calculate, calculates, calculated, calculating)

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

## Everyday

1. The -ing form of «calculate»: working something out with numbers: «I'm calculating the total.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculating/#m1)
2. (of a person) Cold and sneaky, always planning how to get what they want, often by tricking others: «a calculating villain». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculating/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths lessons «calculating» is doing the sums: calculating area, calculating change. In stories «calculating» describes a sly, scheming character, often a villain or a fox. Phrases: «calculating machine», «a cold, calculating look».

### Examples

- I'm calculating how much pocket money I'll have by summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculating/#x1)
- The calculating fox tricked the crow out of her cheese. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculating/#x2)
- Calculating the area of a rectangle is easy: length times width. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculating/#x3)
- She gave him a cold, calculating look. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculating/#x4)
- Early calculating machines were huge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculating/#x5)
- Use a calculator when calculating big numbers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculating/#x6)

### Note

As a verb form it is neutral; as an adjective for people it is negative (sly, scheming). Noun: calculation; tool: calculator.

## On Mova

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