Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Determined by mathematical calculation.
- adjective Undertaken after careful estimation of the likely outcome.
- adjective Made or planned to accomplish a certain purpose; deliberate.
- adjective Likely; apt.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- past participle Worked out by calculation; ; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation.
- past participle Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or forethought to accomplish a purpose.
- past participle Likely to produce a certain effect, whether intended or not; fitted; adapted; suited.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
calculate . - adjective Produced by
calculation
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective carefully thought out in advance
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Examples
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It was a term calculated to gain him sympathy, and with his male friends, and an occasional prostitute, it did.
The Women’s Room Marilyn French 1977
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It was a term calculated to gain him sympathy, and with his male friends, and an occasional prostitute, it did.
The Women’s Room Marilyn French 1977
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It was a term calculated to gain him sympathy, and with his male friends, and an occasional prostitute, it did.
The Women’s Room Marilyn French 1977
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By the way, in case you never thought about it, “Reds” is an invidious term calculated to dehumanize radical activists.
Dry up the tears for that golden period in US Journalism that never was 2007
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You have to admit that The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity is not a title calculated to attract a mass readership; and it is still rather difficult to explain just why a book with such a title is a classic of doctrinal reflection, not just a dissertation on how to run churches.
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Members Forum - spokesman Mpati Matabane said the organisation had given the president until February 4 to respond to what he referred to as a calculated plot to exclude them from the new defence system.
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This paper bore a title calculated to reassure its readers.
The Clique of Gold ��mile Gaboriau 1852
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Dyess began doing "weird," "strange" and terrifying things to Mulligan's family, mounting what she described as a calculated campaign of terror that resulted in more than a dozen calls to the sheriff's office by Dyess and the Mulligans.
The Seattle Times 2011
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The head of the Royal College of Midwives has condemned what she called a calculated campaign against home births intended to scare women into believing it was unsafe.
The Guardian World News Peter Walker 2010
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By Robert Fulford, National PostAugust 18, 2009 2: 02 AM A few years ago Paula Findlen, a professor of book with a title calculated to stir unusual interest --
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