How do you use the word "calculate" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "calculate" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "calculate": A computer can calculate very rapidly. I cannot calculate the final cost until I talk with our contractors.

Calculate Meaning

/ˈkælkjʊleɪt/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.

verbTo determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.

Sentence Examples

A computer can calculate very rapidly.

I cannot calculate the final cost until I talk with our contractors.

An independent valuer will calculate the value of your property.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

account figure compute

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

To find the total cost, I need to ____ the sum of all the items.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Can you ____ the total cost of all the items in the shopping cart?.

Word Origin & History

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).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal’lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn." — 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

"A cunning man did calculate my birth." — 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

"[Religion] is […] calculated for our benefit." — 1671, John Tillotson, “Sermon IV. The Advantages of Religion to Particular Persons. Psalm XIX. 11.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], London: […] B. Aylmer, […]; [a]nd W. Rogers, […], published 1696, →OCLC:

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