Calculate Calculated ˈkælkjuleɪt Time I Verb Bre Formula

• use the formula to calculate the volume of the container.
• benefit is calculated on the basis of average weekly earnings.
• we haven’t really calculated the cost of the vacation yet.
• you'll need to calculate how much time the assignment will take.

calculate

1. to use numbers to find out a total number, amount, distance, etc.
• synonym work somethingout
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/work-out
• Use the formula to calculate the volume of the container.
• Benefit is calculated on the basis of average weekly earnings.
• We haven’t really calculated the cost of the vacation yet.
• 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.
2. to guess something or form an opinion by using all the information available
• synonym estimate
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/estimate_2
• Conservationists calculate that hundreds of species could be lost in this area.
• It is impossible to calculate what influence he had on her life.

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.
• The incident had been coldly calculated to humiliate him.
• The sum involved was calculated at $82 million.
• 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.
• It’s impossible to calculate the extent of his influence on her.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they calculate
• he / she / it calculates
• past simple calculated
• past participle calculated
• -ing form calculating

Word Origin

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