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Calculating   /kˈælkjəlˌeɪtɪŋ/   Listen
Calculating

adjective
1.
Used of persons.  Synonyms: calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd.


Calculate

verb
(past & past part. calculater; pres. part. calculating)
1.
Make a mathematical calculation or computation.  Synonyms: cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out.
2.
Judge to be probable.  Synonyms: count on, estimate, figure, forecast, reckon.
3.
Keep an account of.  Synonym: account.
4.
Predict in advance.  Synonym: forecast.
5.
Specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public.  Synonyms: aim, direct.
6.
Have faith or confidence in.  Synonyms: bet, count, depend, look, reckon.  "Look to your friends for support" , "You can bet on that!" , "Depend on your family in times of crisis"



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"Calculating" Quotes from Famous Books



... excellent relief force. It was a force trimmed down to the bone. Not one detail of spare equipment was allowed. This was a fighting dash, calculating for its success upon its ...
— The Triumph of John Kars - A Story of the Yukon • Ridgwell Cullum
... with inquiring at what hour it was likely that the gentleman would call, in order that being presently responsible for the beef, greens, and sundries, he might take to be in the way at the time. Mr Swiveller, after mentally calculating his engagements to a nicety, replied that he should look in at from two minutes before six and seven minutes past; and the man disappearing with this feeble consolation, Richards Swiveller took a greasy memorandum-book from his pocket and made an ...
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... the West had become a section to be reckoned with by those who were calculating their chances in the presidential race. Since the war six Western States had been admitted into the Union. The population west of the Alleghanies had increased by nearly a million and a half within a decade. The ...
— Union and Democracy • Allen Johnson
... I came into very curious relations with another celebrity of the time. This was M. Goldschmidt, the author, whose great talent I had considerable difficulty in properly appreciating, so repelled was I by his uncertain and calculating personality. ...
— Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth • George Brandes
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