calculate.
To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
Meaning & usage
To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
Calculate the square root of 3 to 10 decimal places.
To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
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 calculate or cast one’s nativity
To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end.
to calculate a system of laws for the government and protection of a free people
To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek χᾰ́λῐξ (khắlĭx)bor.? substratebor.? Latin calx Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin calculus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin calculōbor. English calculate Borrowed from Latin calculātus, perfect passive participle of calculō (“to reckon, compute, calculate”, originally by means of pebbles) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from calculus (“a pebble”), further from calx (“limestone”, calc- in compounds) + -ulus (forms diminutives).
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