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calculated definition

cal·cu·lated (-lāt′id)

adjective

  1. done by mathematical calculation
  2. undertaken or accepted after the probable results have been estimated a calculated risk
  3. deliberately planned or intended calculated cruelty
  4. apt or likely

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calculated Synonyms

calculated

modif.

  1. Figured by mathematical calculation

    computed, reckoned, determined, figured, ascertained, estimated, assessed, tallied.

  2. Deliberately planned

    planned, intended, designed, premeditated; see deliberate 1.


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calculated Usage Examples

Preposition: from

  • datum: Back ( 53 ) Calculated from data in Ahmad, 1993.

Preposition: on

  • basis: ALL SERVICE RESULTS ARE CALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF HISTORICAL OBSERVATIONS AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON TO PREDICT FUTURE MARKET MOVEMENTS.

Infinitive complement

  • upset: There is nothing more calculated to upset a hungry people than starvation.

Modifies a noun

  • gamble: For all these reasons Brown has taken a calculated gamble.

Used with adjective complement

  • take: Enough self-confidence to take carefully calculated, moderate risks.
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calculated quotes

We can applaud the state lottery as a public subsidy of intelligence, for it yields public income that is calculated to lighten the tax burden of us prudent abstainers at the expense of the benighted masses of wishful thinkers.

-Quine,Willard Van Orman

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