recalculate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of recalculate
Explanation
To recalculate is to count or measure something again, using new information. You might need to recalculate your monthly budget after your landlord raises the rent. If the vet says your cat is getting too fat, you'll have to recalculate how much you feed him to help him lose weight. And when you're planning a dinner party and your brother announces he's bringing five friends, you'll need to recalculate how much food to make. We can trace the verb calculate back to the Latin calculus, originally "pebble used as a reckoning counter." The prefix re- adds the sense of "do it again."
Example Sentences
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“Anyone who’s counting for a quick recovery, even if there is a total end of hostilities, will need to recalculate that.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
“Anyone counting on a quick recovery, even if there is a total end of hostilities, will need to recalculate that.”
From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 2026
The Social Security Administration will eventually recalculate benefits to incorporate what it previously withheld for those earnings limitations, but the reductions for claiming early will remain.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 13, 2025
“If we are asked to leave, and after negotiations that’s the way it plays out, then we are going to have to recalculate and figure out a new way to do it,” Grady said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
The major business of the evening, in all likelihood, was an agreement to recalculate Virginia's debt and corresponding share of the enlarged federal debt.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Note: 2025 salary data was recalculated to match the analysis used for 2026.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
The value of their bedroom as well as any income and assets their family may have will be calculated and recalculated as often as every month and deducted from their SSI check.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026
As a result, her annual property taxes would be recalculated based on the FMV at the time of your death.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2025
We’ve recalculated the records of teams if their extra-inning games this regular season were classified as ties instead.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
The cautious Weaver, adding an expansion factor for Ernest’s ambitions but still thinking too small, had privately recalculated the budget at $ 1 million for construction and another $500,000 for ten years of operation.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Customs and Border Protection to issue refunds by recalculating the initial duties importers paid, excluding the tariffs voided by the high court.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
Like yesterday’s jobs report, the January CPI report will be a bit harder to read than usual due to the bureau recalculating seasonal adjustments to align with price movements throughout the past year.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
The Inspector General’s office determined the agency’s telephone customer-service data was accurate after recalculating monthly performance metrics, the report said.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025
“We haven’t got the mental space to be recalculating transportation options,” Clark said, shrugging.
From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2024
While translating and recalculating the tables, Dionysius did a little research on the side; he realized that he could figure out just when Jesus Christ was born.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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