calculated

American  

[kal-kyuh-ley-tid] / ˈkæl kyəˌleɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. arrived at or determined by mathematical calculation; ascertained mathematically.

2. carefully thought out or planned.

   a calculated effort.

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calculated British  

/ ˈkælkjʊˌleɪtɪd /

adjective

1. undertaken after considering the likelihood of success or failure

   a calculated risk

2. deliberately planned; premeditated

   a calculated insult

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Other Word Forms

• calculatedly adverb
• calculatedness noun
• uncalculated adjective
• well-calculated adjective

Etymology

Origin of calculated

First recorded in 1715–25; calculate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The Scottish Parliament information centre, SPICe, has calculated the cost of additional inflation-proofing within those deals.

From BBC

We calculated that so far the fake asylum seeker image had been used on accounts with more than half a million followers.

From BBC

The U.S. faces a housing shortage of several million units, depending on how that figure is calculated.

From The Wall Street Journal

To do so, he calculated, would risk ongoing public spats with not just the most powerful man on the planet, but someone with near zero compunction when it comes to spectacularly falling out with people.

From BBC

Building on those results, a new analysis shows that the way nitrogen fixation is calculated in some Earth System models has now been reassessed.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• deliberate
• planned
• premeditated