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单词 calculated
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calculatedadj.

Brit. /ˈkalkjᵿleɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈkælkjəˌleɪdᵻd/
Etymology: < calculate v.1 + -ed suffix1.
1. Reckoned, estimated, devised with forethought.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > characterized by or given to premeditation > premeditated
forethoughtc1425
precogitatec1475
prepensed1528
foreset?1545
perpensed?c1550
premeditatea1555
premeditated1583
foreplotted1641
precogitateda1652
predeliberated1671
prepense1688
calculated1863
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola III. xii. 127 When he did speak it was with a calculated caution.
1930 Economist 12 July 59/1 This important statement had been communicated to the Press as a result either of a misunderstanding or of a ‘calculated indiscretion’.
1956 R. A. Heinlein Double Star (1958) i. 18 ‘You haven't any right to jeopardise everybody else by telling him. You don't know a thing about him.’ ‘It's a calculated risk.’
1959 Listener 22 Oct. 672/2 Obviously, the Soviet Union is taking a calculated risk.
2. Chiefly as past participle. Fitted, suited, fit, apt; of a nature or character proper or likely to.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > planned
compassedc1430
contrivedc1450
imagined1509
castc1540
devised1552
plotted1592
projected1630
brewed1637
forelaid1640
laid1697
calculated1723
planned1728
unspontaneous1791
programmed1845
tactical1876
drafted1877
programmatical1890
programmatic1899
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [adjective] > inclined
set13..
tendenta1340
disposedc1380
enclinant1400
inclining?c1400
inclinedc1405
prone1408
hieldingc1480
talenteda1500
inclinablea1513
prone1528
propense1528
minded1529
propensed1530
ready1533
proclivec1540
fit1574
tending to1578
forward1581
minded1588
propensive1599
intense1620
propendenta1646
propended1693
calculated1723
oriented1925
prone1926
turned1931
orientated1964
1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 338 The State of Life that I was now in, was..perfectly calculated to make a Man compleatly happy.
1793 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 50. 394 These interlopers..acted in a manner that was calculated to bring scandal upon the profession.
1795 R. Southey Life (1849) I. 256 Never had man so many relations so little calculated to inspire confidence.
1864 H. L. Mansel Lett., Lect. & Rev. (1873) 298 These transparent disguises were not calculated, and, probably, were not intended, to deceive.
1868 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi (1870) i. 3 A circumstance calculated to excite strong suspicion.
1879 in Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 76/2 Ireland is..well calculated for the successful prosecution of ostreoculture.

Derivatives

ˈcalculatedly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > planning > [adverb]
lineamentally?a1475
prefixedly1608
calculatedly1899
1899 Westm. Gaz. 8 Apr. 5/1 The Freeman's Journal says... ‘The gentle wooing of the new unionism was so calculatedly seductive that a temporary aberration of the people would not have been unnatural.’
1931 H. Belloc Hist. Eng. IV. 333 Cecil's danger was great. The power of Philip which had hitherto..supported him he had calculatedly flouted.
1966 P. Green tr. R. Escarpit Novel Computer vii. 97 My calculatedly excessive demand left these petty chisellers absolutely dumbfounded.
1984 Observer 26 Feb. 33/2 She has calculatedly reflected changing US tastes in looks and clothes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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