Calculate Calculated ˈkælkjuleɪt Verb Independent Valuer Property Figure

• an independent valuer will calculate the value of your property.
• that figure was calculated using the standard equation.
• use the formula to calculate the volume of the container.
• we haven’t really calculated the cost of the vacation yet.

calculate

Verb Forms

1. to use numbers to find out a total number, amount, distance, etc.
• SYNONYM work out
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• An independent valuer will calculate the value of your property.
• That figure was calculated using the standard equation.
• Use the formula to calculate the volume of the container.
• We haven’t really calculated the cost of the vacation yet.
• Benefit is calculated on the basis of average weekly earnings.
• Expected cancer rates were calculated from data from the eight surrounding counties.
• The daily doses were calculated by a somewhat simpler method.
• The ratio is calculated by dividing a company's share price by its earnings per share.
• You'll need to calculate how much time the assignment will take.
• It has been calculated that at least 47 000 jobs were lost last year.
• The sum involved was calculated at $82 million.

Extra Examples

• It's difficult to calculate precisely what we've spent.
• The amount is calculated according to the number of years you have paid into the plan.
2. to guess something or form an opinion by using all the information available
• Conservationists calculate that hundreds of species could be lost in this area.
• It is impossible to calculate what influence he had on her life.
• It's impossible to calculate the extent of his influence on her.

Extra Examples

• Calculating that he would not be home yet, I slipped in through the back door.
• Environmentalists calculate that hundreds of plant species may be affected.
• I tried to calculate how much time it would take me to get there.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from late Latin calculat- ‘counted’, from the verb calculare, from calculus ‘a small pebble (as used on an abacus)’.