calculated

[ kal-kyuh-ley-tid ]

/ ˈkæl kyəˌleɪ tɪd /

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adjective

arrived at or determined by mathematical calculation; ascertained mathematically.

carefully thought out or planned: a calculated effort.

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Origin of calculated

First recorded in 1715–25; calculate + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM calculated

cal·cu·lat·ed·ly, adverbcal·cu·lat·ed·ness, nounun·cal·cu·lat·ed, adjectivewell-cal·cu·lat·ed, adjective

Words nearby calculated

calc-sinter, calc-spar, calc-tufa, calculable, calculate, calculated, calculated risk, calculating, calculating machine, calculation, calculator

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Even though it was a school day—about fifth period, I calculated—the arcade was filled with seventh graders.
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Maybe Americans are willing to look at someone who does something different from the calculated.
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The Economist has calculated that it spends $170 billion annually in the United States alone.
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Taylor Swift just used a calculated business decision, cloaked in artistic integrity, to pave the way for a digital music war.
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Odds against chance in a review of spontaneous telepathy studies have been calculated, Radin says, at “22 billion to 1.”
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That is a little longer than I calculated, but it was due to unexpected troubles.
Through Space to Mars|Roy Rockwood
He meditated and calculated day and night, and formed great plans of campaign to collect the most absolutely necessary cash.
Dame Care|Hermann Sudermann
Never had he calculated more exactly just how he should aim in order to bring the success he craved.
The Outdoor Chums After Big Game|Captain Quincy Allen
Service such as this, then, finds many to appreciate it and is calculated to bind people closely to us by our good services.
De Officiis|Marcus Tullius Cicero
Waddell has calculated tables of such equivalent uniform loads.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for calculated

calculated

/ (ˈkælkjʊˌleɪtɪd) /

adjective (usually prenominal)

undertaken after considering the likelihood of success or failurea calculated risk

deliberately planned; premeditateda calculated insult

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