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CALCULATE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CALCULATE?

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Calculate as a Verb
Definitions of "Calculate" as a verb
Synonyms of "Calculate" as a verb (42 Words)
Usage Examples of "Calculate" as a verb
Associations of "Calculate" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Calculate” are: forecast, bank, bet, count, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear, aim, direct, count on, estimate, figure, account, cipher, compute, cypher, work out, enumerate, determine, evaluate, quantify, assess, cost, put a figure on, expect, anticipate, intend, mean, design, plan, suppose, presume, think it likely, think, believe, imagine, assume, conjecture, surmise, judge

Calculate as a Verb

Definitions of "Calculate" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “calculate” as a verb can have the following definitions:

Make a mathematical calculation or computation.
Judge to be probable.
Keep an account of.
Include as an essential element in one's plans.
Have faith or confidence in.
Suppose or believe.
Determine (the amount or number of something) mathematically.
Determine by reasoning, experience, or common sense; reckon or judge.
Specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public.
Intend (an action) to have a particular effect.
Predict in advance.

Synonyms of "Calculate" as a verb (42 Words)

account	Prepare or present a record an account of money given or received. After 1292 he accounted to the Westminster exchequer.
aim	Specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public. I aim* to arrive at noon.*
anticipate	Be excited or anxious about. This is to anticipate* the argument.*
assess	Estimate the value of (property) for taxation. The damage was assessed at 5 billion.
assume	Take on or adopt (a manner or identity), sometimes falsely. She assumed strange manners.
bank	Act as the banker in a game or in gambling. Where do you bank* in this town.*
believe	Follow a credo have a faith be a believer. We didn t believe* his stories from the War.*
bet	Maintain with or as if with a bet. Most people would bet* their life savings on the prospect.*
cipher	Do arithmetic. He left two as yet uncracked ciphered messages for posthumous decoding.
compute	Reckon or calculate (a figure or amount. The idea just doesn t compute.
conjecture	Form an opinion or supposition about (something) on the basis of incomplete information. Many conjectured that the jury could not agree.
cost	Be priced at. Driving at more than double the speed limit cost* the woman her driving licence.*
count	Take account of. It did not matter what the audience thought it was the critics that counted.
count on	Name or recite the numbers in ascending order.
cypher	Make a mathematical calculation or computation.
depend	Be grammatically dependent on. His tongue depended from open jaws.
design	Create designs. This room is not designed for work.
determine	Find out learn or determine with certainty usually by making an inquiry or other effort. It will be her mental attitude that determines her future.
direct	Aim something in a particular direction or at a particular person. His smile was directed at Lois.
enumerate	Determine the number or amount of. 6 079 residents were enumerated in 241 establishments.
estimate	Judge tentatively or form an estimate of quantities or time. It is estimated that smoking causes 100 000 premature deaths every year.
evaluate	Evaluate or estimate the nature quality ability extent or significance of. How do you evaluate* this grant proposal.*
expect	Consider obligatory request and expect. The are expecting another child in January.
figure	Have a significant part or role in a situation or process. A clock with a figured mahogany case.
forecast	Indicate, as with a sign or an omen. Coal consumption in Europe is forecast* to increase.*
imagine	Suppose or assume. I couldn t imagine* what she expected to tell them.*
intend	Mean or intend to express or convey. A series of questions intended as a checklist.
judge	Put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of. She was there to judge* the contest.*
look	Look forward to the probable occurrence of. People finishing work don t look* where they re going.*
mean	Mean or intend to express or convey. Heavy rain meant that the pitch was waterlogged.
plan	Make plans for something. They were planning a trip to Egypt.
presume	Suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability. Two of the journalists went missing and are presumed dead.
put a figure on	Adapt.
quantify	Define the application of (a term or proposition) by the use of all, some, etc., e.g. ‘for all x if x is A then x is B’. It is impossible to quantify* the extent of the black economy.*
reckon	Take account of. The Byzantine year was reckoned from 1 September.
rely	Depend on with full trust or confidence. I know I can rely* on your discretion.*
suppose	Expect believe or suppose. The theory supposes a predisposition to interpret utterances.
surmise	Imagine to be the case or true or probable. I don t think they re locals she surmised.
swear	Have faith or confidence in. He forced them to swear* an oath of loyalty to him.*
think	Expect, believe, or suppose. Think of being paid a salary to hunt big game.
think it likely	Bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation.
work out	Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of.

Usage Examples of "Calculate" as a verb

I was bright enough to calculate that she had been on vacation.
The program can calculate the number of words that will fit in the space available.
His last words were calculated to wound her.
I calculate it's pretty difficult to git edication down there.
Local authorities have calculated that full training would cost around £5,000 per teacher.

Associations of "Calculate" (30 Words)

ammeter	A meter that measures the flow of electrical current in amperes.
amount	Be tantamount or equivalent to. The substance is harmless if taken in small amounts.
appraise	Consider in a comprehensive way. There is a need to appraise* existing techniques.*
assess	Set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine. Our house hasn t been assessed in years.
calculable	Able to be measured or assessed. A calculable* risk.*
compute	Reckon or calculate (a figure or amount. The idea just doesn t compute.
count	The act of counting reciting numbers in ascending order. I started to count* the stars I could see.*
deduct	Reason by deduction establish by deduction. Tax has been deducted from the payments.
denominator	The number below the line in a vulgar fraction; a divisor.
digit	The length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure. 0 and 1 are digits.
estimate	Judge tentatively or form an estimate of quantities or time. It is estimated that smoking causes 100 000 premature deaths every year.
gauge	Measure the dimensions of an object with a gauge. Gauge the wine barrels.
math	Mathematics. She teaches math* and science.*
mathematics	The abstract science of number quantity and space either as abstract concepts pure mathematics or as applied to other disciplines such as physics and engineering applied mathematics. A taste for mathematics.
measurement	A unit or system of measuring. His inside leg measurement.
multiplication	The act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production. The multiplication* of four by three gives twelve.*
multiply	Combine by multiplication. Listeria and other bacteria were able to multiply* in very low temperatures.*
number	The grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved singular or dual or plural. We must number* the names of the great mathematicians.*
numerable	That can be counted. Numerable assets.
numerate	Able to understand and use numbers. Teachers should ensure that their pupils are literate and numerate.
numerical	Relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers. The lists are in numerical* order.*
pricing	The evaluation of something in terms of its price.
quantifiable	Capable of being quantified. The benefits are not easily quantifiable.
quantify	Express as a number or measure or quantity. Can you quantify* your results.*
quantity	The figure or symbol representing a quantity. A small quantity* of food.*
subtract	Make a subtraction. This prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French.
sum	Be a summary of. The sum* of two prime numbers.*
tachometer	Measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation.
times	A more or less definite period of time now or previously present. Four times* three equals twelve.*
yardstick	A ruler or tape that is three feet long. League tables are not the only yardstick* of schools performance.*