calculated
Americanadjective
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arrived at or determined by mathematical calculation; ascertained mathematically.
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carefully thought out or planned.
a calculated effort.
adjective
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undertaken after considering the likelihood of success or failure
a calculated risk
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deliberately planned; premeditated
a calculated insult
Other Word Forms
- calculatedly adverb
- calculatedness noun
- uncalculated adjective
- well-calculated adjective
Etymology
Origin of calculated
Example Sentences
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Pubs, restaurants and other hospitality firms have warned a crisis facing the sector will deepen when changes to how business rates are calculated come into effect in April.
From BBC
For each grid square, they calculated how much pollution was produced each hour, how it moved through the air, and where it accumulated or dispersed.
From Science Daily
Now, the newly calculated insurance bills are coming due, and Americans are having to figure out how to pay up, or go without.
I replied that I’d heard rumors that Park City calculated there was more money in catering to the posh ski crowd than, say, film critics.
From Los Angeles Times
Like basic premiums for Medicare, Irmaa charges are calculated annually based on the expected costs of the program—not the inflation increases used by Social Security.
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