English Online Dictionary. What means calculate? What does calculate mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin calculātus, perfect passive participle of calculō (“I reckon, originally by means of pebbles”), from calculus (“a pebble”). Refer to calculus for origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkælkjʊleɪt/, /ˈkælkjəleɪt/
- Hyphenation: cal‧cu‧late
Verb
calculate (third-person singular simple present calculates, present participle calculating, simple past and past participle calculated)
- (transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
- (intransitive, mathematics) To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
- (intransitive, US, dialect) 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.
- (chess) To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (determine value of or solution to): compute, reckon (old), work out
- (determine values or solutions): compute, reckon (old)
Derived terms
- backcalculate
- calculating
Related terms
- calculation
- calculus
- calculator
- incalculable
Translations
Further reading
- “calculate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “calculate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “calculate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Latin
Verb
calculāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of calculō
- "calculate ye, compute ye"
- (figuratively) "consider ye as, esteem ye"
Participle
calculāte
- vocative masculine singular of calculātus
Spanish
Verb
calculate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of calcular combined with te