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单词 calculate
释义
calculatecal‧cu‧late /ˈkælkjəleɪt/ ●●● S2 W3 verb [transitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcalculate
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin past participle of calculare, from calculus ‘stone used in counting’; ➔ CALCULUS
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
calculate
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theycalculate
he, she, itcalculates
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theycalculated
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave calculated
he, she, ithas calculated
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad calculated
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill calculate
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have calculated
Continuous Form
PresentIam calculating
he, she, itis calculating
you, we, theyare calculating
PastI, he, she, itwas calculating
you, we, theywere calculating
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been calculating
he, she, ithas been calculating
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been calculating
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be calculating
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been calculating
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • I began calculating how long it would take to get to the airport if I left at 4:00.
  • Sally calculated that she needed $300 to pay all her bills.
  • Their accountant calculated the total cost of the project.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Alternatively, the balance conditions of the Hay bridge can be derived to allow L and R to be calculated.
  • Effective administration needs people, managers, unswerving devotion and discipline; building from scratch needs capital and carefully calculated investment.
  • He calculated that he could not beat either Heath or Maudling, and he preferred to avoid the contest.
  • He calculates the car will last two more years after which he thinks he will be able to sell it for £400.
  • Mixing curves are ticked to represent 20% increments, and were calculated using the following parameters.
  • Several different scenarios can be calculated and printed out very rapidly.
  • The price was calculated from an average of the market price in the last six months, as per stock market regulations.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
formal to find out an amount, price, or value by adding numbers together: · The students calculated the cost of printing 5000 copies of their book.
to calculate something. Work out is less formal than calculate, and is more common in everyday English: · You need to work out how much you will need to borrow.
(also figure American English) informal to calculate an amount: · We still haven't figured out how much it's all going to cost.· the method for figuring welfare payments
to find out the total number of things or people in a group by looking at each one and adding them all together: · The teacher counted the children as they got on the bus.
(also total up) to add a number of things together to get a final number: · Once the scores have been totaled, we will announce the winner.· Okay, now let's total up who had the most points.
formal to say how much something costs, how much of it there is, how serious or effective it is etc: · I think it's difficult to quantify the cost at the moment, for a variety of reasons.· How do you quantify the benefits of the treatment?· a reliable method for quantifying the amount of calcium in the blood
formal to calculate what the value or cost of something is, or decide how good, bad etc something is: · The value of the paintings was assessed at $20 million.· They are still assessing the damage.· We need to have a better way of assessing students' progress.
to guess an amount, price, or number as exactly as you can, based on the knowledge you have: · The police department estimates that the number of violent crimes will decrease by 2%.
to say what you think the exact total amount or value of something is, especially when it is a lot: · It's hard to put a figure on it, but the final cost is likely to be over £225 million.· The company has refused to put a figure on its losses.
to calculate what an amount will be in the future, using the information you have now: · The company projects sales of $4 million this year.
different ways of calculating
to put two or more numbers together to find the total: · If you add 7 and 5, you get 12.
to reduce one number by another number. take something away sounds more informal than subtract: · If you subtract 12 from 15, you get 3.
to add a number to itself a particular number of times: · 4 multiplied by 10 is 40.
to calculate how many times one number contains another number: · 10 divided by 2 equals 5.
Longman Language Activatorto count numbers, objects etc in order to find the total
to find the total number of things or people in a group by counting them all: · Katherine counted her money. There was almost $50 left.· Count up the number of calories you have each day.· Count the kids as they get on the bus and make sure they're all here.
also tot up British informal to put several numbers or amounts together and calculate the total: add up something: · When we added up the receipts we realized we had spent too much.tot up something: · Just tot up the total and write it at the bottom.add something up: · Five percent may not sound like much but it's a lot of money when you add it all up.tot something up: · Tot the whole lot up to make sure you'll have enough money to pay.
also keep count especially British to keep a record, either on paper or in your memory, of numbers or amounts that increase over a period of time, so that you always know what the total is: · I don't know what the score was. I wasn't keeping count.keep track of: · She was trying to keep count of how many stations they'd passed.· He kept a notebook in the car to keep track of how much money he was spending on gas.
British to keep a record of numbers that are to be added up, for example by writing or marking them on paper: · Steve kept a tally of the days he spent in prison by scratching marks on the wall.· The plastic rings help the sales assistants to keep a tally of the number of garments customers have taken into the changing rooms.
British /at last count American if there is a particular total at the last count, this is what the total was the last time anyone checked: · At the last count, only 18 Japanese firms were making car parts in America.· There are a lot of professional athletes living in the Orlando area -- more than 100 at last count.
to calculate an amount or price
to find out how much something will cost, how long something will take etc by using numbers: · Their accountant calculated the total cost of the project.calculate how much/how many/how far etc: · I began calculating how long it would take to get to the airport if I left at 4:00.calculate that: · Sally calculated that she needed $300 to pay all her bills.
also figure out American especially spoken to calculate an answer, amount, price, or value: work/figure out something: · I always use a calculator to work out percentages.· Has anyone been able to figure out the answer to number seven?work/figure something out: · "How much do I owe you?" "I haven't worked it out yet."work out how much/how many/how far etc: · We need to work out how much food we'll need to take with us.· I spent all of last night trying to figure out how much this wedding is going to cost me.
British informal to calculate a particular total: make it 250/20 kilos/$50 etc: · "How much do I owe you for the meal?'' "I make it $10.50.''· Will you count these figures again? I make the total 248, but Chris made it 249.
American to calculate an amount: · He needs to sit down and figure out how many people are coming.· There has been criticism about the current method for figuring social security retirement benefits.
to guess an amount, price, or number as exactly as you can: · Analysts estimate the business earned about $135 million last year.estimate that: · The police department estimates that the number of violent crimes will increase this year by about 15%.estimate something to be something: · At that point, the public sector deficit was estimated to be around £45 billion.estimate something at something: · Industry sources estimate the value of the ranch at $7 million.estimate how much/how many/how far etc: · Our staff will help you estimate how much fabric you will require.
to calculate what the value or cost of something is, especially before buying it or selling it: · This computer program will assess how much is spent on each student within the school.· I took the ring to a jeweller to have its value assessed.assess something at something: · The total value of the paintings is assessed at $20 million.
to say numbers in order
· Most children know how to count by the time they start kindergarten.count to 3/10/20 etc · Shut your eyes, count to twenty, then come and find us.
when seconds are counted backwards to show how much time is left until something happens, especially when a rocket is sent into space: · NASA has stopped the countdown for the space shuttle mission because of technical problems.
to add one number to another
to put two or more numbers together and calculate the answer: add something and something: · If you add 11 and 31, you get 42.add something to something: · Add 10% to the total.
spoken use plus between numbers or amounts to show that you are adding one to another.: · Twelve plus eight is twenty.· The cost is £45 plus £5 for delivery.
if amounts add up to a total, they are that total when added together: · Just 200 extra calories each day add up to one-half pound of extra body fat each week.· The three angles of a triangle always add up to 180 degrees.
to take one number away from another
especially spoken to take one number from another and calculate the answer: take something (away) from: · If you take 37 from 94 you get 57.· Take 19 away from 48 and then add 15.
to take one number from another and calculate the answer: · To convert the temperature into Celsius, subtract 32, then multiply by 5 and divide by 9.subtract something from something: · Subtract 12 from 32.
use minus between numbers or amounts to show that you are taking one figure from another: · 30 minus 5 leaves 25.· Here's the twenty dollars I owe you, minus seven dollars for the movie.
to take away an amount of money, points etc from a total, especially when following official rules or an official system: · Marks may be deducted for illegible handwriting.deduct something from something: · Your employer will deduct income tax from your salary.· Your monthly repayments will be deducted from the total amount that you owe.
to multiply one number by another
to add a number to itself a particular number of times: multiply something by something: · If you multiply ten by seven you get seventy.multiply by: · To find the price in yen, you multiply by 86.multiplied by: · 11 multiplied by 10 is 110.
spoken use times between numbers or amounts to show that you are multiplying one figure by another: · Five times six equals thirty.· What is eight times twelve?
to divide one number by another
to divide one number by another, usually smaller, number: divide by: · It is easier to divide by 10 than by 12.divide something by something: · If you divide twenty by four, you get five.divided by: · 36 divided by 2 is 18.
if one number goes into a larger number a particular number of times, the larger number can be divided that many times by the smaller number: · 13 goes into 78 six times.· How many times will nine go into eighty-one?
to calculate or count something wrongly
· We have too many chairs. I must have miscalculated.· The city miscalculated the cost of earthquake repairs for the Bay Bridge.miscalculate how much/how many/how long etc · Sorry we're late -- we miscalculated how long it would take to get here.
to count something wrongly: · I thought everyone was here, but I must have miscounted.miscount something: · Census Bureau officials announced that they miscounted the nation's official population by 5 million people.
to forget how many things or people you have already counted, when you are counting a lot of things over a long period: · I've been trying to keep a record of how many tickets we've sold, but I've lost count.
to wrongly guess an amount, price or number by making the total too high: · I made enough food for forty people but it looks like I overestimated.· A Harvard University survey found that Americans significantly overestimate the cost of higher education.
to wrongly guess an amount, price, or number by making it too low: · We saved about $1000 for our trip but we underestimated and may have to wait until next year to go.· Early mapmakers often underestimated the earth's circumference.
a calculation
· This type of calculation would take several hours without a computer.· According to our calculations, 2000 jobs will be lost.do/make a calculation · Mickey sat at the kitchen table doing calculations on a scratch pad.· Once all the necessary calculations have been made the experiment can proceed.
especially British a simple calculation, especially one done by children as an exercise in school: · It'll be quicker if I use a calculator for these sums.· We had to do some really hard sums today.
what you think the number, price, or value of something probably is, after calculating it quickly: · I'm allowing $300, but that's only an estimate.estimate of: · Officials said Huntcor's estimate of building costs was about $3 million more than expected.rough estimate (=not exact but good enough to be useful): · This proposal represents a rough estimate of the cost of materials and labor.conservative estimate (=an estimate that is probably too low, so you can be sure that the true amount will not be less than this): · The paintings have been valued at $3.5 million, which is probably a conservative estimate.
: an estimated number/cost/value etc a number, cost etc that is not exact but has been roughly calculated: · The tunnel is being constructed at an estimated cost of £15 million.· An estimated 1 million Irish people died from starvation and disease during the Famine.
WORD SETS
add, verbaddition, nounArabic numeral, nounarithmetic progression, nounbi-, prefixbillion, numbercalculate, verbcalculation, nouncardinal, nouncardinal number, nouncoefficient, nouncommon denominator, nounconstant, nouncube, verbcube root, nounD, noundecimal, noundecimal, adjectivedecimal point, noundemi-, prefixdenominator, noundigit, noundivide, verbdividend, noundivisible, adjectivedivision, noundivisor, noundouble-digit, adjectivedouble figures, nouneight, numbereighteen, numbereighth, adjectiveeighty, numbereleven, numberequal, adjectiveequal, verbequals sign, nouneven, adjectiveexponent, nounfactor, nounfactor, verbfactorial, nounfifteen, numberfifth, nounfifty, numberfig., figure, nounfive, numberforty, numberfour, numberfourteen, numberfourth, nounfraction, noungeometric progression, noungross, nounHCF, hundred, numberimproper fraction, nounindivisible, adjectiveinfinity, nouninteger, nounL, nounlogarithm, nounlowest common denominator, nounM, nounmedian, nounmedian, adjectivemillion, numbermultiple, nounmultiplication, nounmultiplication sign, nounmultiplication table, noun-nd, suffixnegative, adjectivenine, numbernineteen, numberninety, numberninth, adjectiveNo., nos., nothing, pronounnought, numbernumber, nounnumeral, nounnumerator, nounnumerical, adjectiveO, nounoblique, nounone, numberordinal number, nounpi, nounplot, verbplus, prepositionpoint, nounpositive, adjectiveprime number, nounproduct, nounproper fraction, nounproportion, nounquadr-, prefixquadrillion, numberquadruple, adjectivequotient, noun-rd, suffixroman numeral, nounroot, nounround, adjectivescore, numbersecond, numberserial number, nounset, nounsingle figures, nounsix, numbersixteen, numbersixty, numbersquare, nounsquare, verbsquared, adjectivesquare root, noun-st, suffixsubtract, verbsum, nountake, verbten, numbertenth, adjectivetertiary, adjectivetetra-, prefixthirteen, numberthirty, numberthousand, numberthree, numberthree-quarter, adjectivethreescore, numbertreble, determinertri-, prefixtrillion, numbertwelve, numbertwenty, numbertwice, adverbunit, nounV, nounvulgar fraction, nounwhole number, nounX, nounzero, number
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=one in which you consider the risks very carefully)· He made a calculated gamble that an early election would return his party to power.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· Brains, teeth, and antlers Relative organ size his been calculated as before.· These were then calculated as percentages to allow direct comparisons.
· Its designers have calculated how its reliability increases with more memory.· This would allow investors to factor out inflation before calculating how much money they made on the sale of a particular asset.· Given certain pieces of data, it is necessary to calculate how many words in the lexicon match this search criteria.· I waited, looking on while he calculated how much she owed him.· Miss Logan calculated how far away their horses were tethered, and was not encouraged.· There were people calling radio shows calculating how many wins it would take to reach the playoffs.· And if you know the history of the universe in imaginary time, you can calculate how it behaves in real time.· Part of the estimating process had involved calculating how many detailed drawings were needed.
NOUN
· Scaling a means of calculating the amount of enlargement or reduction necessary to accommodate a photograph within the area of a design.· In this case the theoretical yield is calculated from the amount of reactant which is not used in excess.· This online service, dubbed Redemption Buster, aims to calculate the total amount of savings associated with remortgaging.· Nylon cord: To calculate the amount, add together the width of the blind plus four times the length.
· The annual budget was calculated on a historical basis of costs from previous years.· Payments are calculated on the basis of the worker's age, length of continuous service, and pay.· Confidence intervals for these were calculated on the basis of the associated binomial probability.· Obviously he was calculating on the basis of marginal costs of running the car, but this is what all motorists do.· Copy Database Working-Set Database Volumes are calculated on the following basis.· Should any additional flights be introduced after publication of this brochure then they will be calculated on the same basis.· Finally, morbidity rates can be calculated on the basis of data provided by national surveys of self-reported illness.· Since 1989 benefits have been calculated on a daily basis rather than a weekly basis.
· Anniversaries are never a good time for calculating the costs and benefits of any relationship.· Instead they have calculated benefits using a calculator and storing files in manila folders.· The question for a public inquiry is whether that is a sensible way of calculating the direct benefit.
· Correlation coefficients were calculated by Spearman rank correlation test and, in selected instances, the chi square test.· Spearman's Rank-Order Correlation Coefficient was calculated to determine the correlation between relative frequency and coverage.· Correlation coefficients were calculated as Spearman rank correlations and comparison between the two methods by the sign test.· The least square method was used in calculating the correlations.· For each subject the correlation between this score and their familiarity ratings for the 10 junctions was calculated.· Because subjects differ between the experiments the correlations calculated here are simply correlations over the 60 films of the mean ratings.
· Column inch a measure of area used in newspapers and magazines to calculate the cost of display advertising.· If there is no way to calculate these costs, we can believe that they run into many billions.· How would you calculate the social cost of monopoly?· In order for the caterer to calculate a realistic cost per person, you must give as much information as possible.· Anniversaries are never a good time for calculating the costs and benefits of any relationship.· Before buying omelet mixtures, calculate the cost.· The Newcastle prescribing index was calculated from item and cost information.
· Lowe had already calculated launch costs as at least £4 million.· If there is no way to calculate these costs, we can believe that they run into many billions.· Anniversaries are never a good time for calculating the costs and benefits of any relationship.· Imagine you are going to calculate the running costs of a car, a whole fleet of cars if you wish.
· Methane concentrations were calculated as the difference between breath and a corresponding room air sample.· Essentially this feedforward network uses a refinement of the Widrow-Hoff technique, which calculates the difference between actual outputs and desired outputs.· To compensate for differences in flow rates during perfusion, the appearance rates of myeloperoxidase and cytokines were calculated.· Labflow can also store and calculate flow differences.· Next, calculate the difference, less your out-standing mortgage.
· I calculated angles and distances and located the nearest exit.· Then calculate the distance walked in the same way as above.· With this information, the device calculates the distance between the user and the satellite.· Trent had calculated the distance between the culvert and the junction of the old and new rivers as less than four miles.· Trent wiped the rain from his eyes as he tried to calculate speed and distance against the drift of the Zodiac.· Spinrad has then been able to go to work calculating their distance.· Using geometrical considerations he could calculate the distance from Polheim to the pole.
· Johansson's team calculated the effect of different energy mixes, used at different levels of efficiency.· Some had big wings, some had small wings, but nobody knew how to calculate the aerodynamic effects.· She tried to calculate the effect of telling them all.· A theory with only charged W particles turns out to have infinite quantities that arise in calculating certain effects.· To calculate the effect of an indirect causal path, the values of adjacent paths are multiplied.· We must first calculate the effect of this change on the resource column.
· Clarke had a passionate interest in calculating the figure of the Earth, another central problem for an accurate topographical survey.· The other jobs have some slack in them and this can be calculated as in Figure 6.7.· The government calculated its figures on the basis of the growth rate of consumer prices on an annual basis.· This will enable Mr Damant to calculate a better figure of maintainable earnings than has been possible in the past.· One way of calculating this figure is to compare the dose from given levels of contamination of polonium-210 and iodine-131.· Memorial uses conservative criteria to calculate its figures, and the true death toll is probably much higher.· At any job symbol both the free float and the total slack, as defined in Figure 6.7, can be calculated.
· The government calculated its figures on the basis of the growth rate of consumer prices on an annual basis.· Memorial uses conservative criteria to calculate its figures, and the true death toll is probably much higher.
· These assumptions and the mathematical formula used to calculate the volume have been described and validated by Everson and colleagues.· Shown below is a simple and acceptable formula for calculating the written down value of smaller plant.
· This would normally be deducted from dividend income before calculating the income available for distribution to unit holders.· Request a copy of your Social Security and or pension earnings, and calculate any interest income.· The lender will work out the level of advance by calculating your disposable income after deducting the regular outgoings.· In addition, there is some uncertainty about how to calculate discounted future income for the representative household.· Full-time fees for students are calculated according to total parental income.· But if the damages are calculated without reference to income tax that will not be so.
· One is to provide that the rent shall be calculated as if the index had not been adjusted.· A more accurate assessment can be gained by calculating your body mass index or your percentage of body fat.· Measure and calculate the detour index for the route between Plymouth and Exeter.· As an example, suppose that we wish to calculate the Retail Price Index for April 1985.
· Traditionally, lenders have calculated the interest annually, which means you effectively pay interest on money you no longer owe.· Request a copy of your Social Security and or pension earnings, and calculate any interest income.· The table above calculates your interest payments per month, although it should be used only as an approximate guide.· I should never have even calculated the interest.
· Normally we check with your employer and calculate any losses.· It will take far longer to calculate other losses.· Once more, there are a number of different methods of calculating the loss.· Child calculated his loss at $ 2. 5 million.
· At first sight this method for calculating the poverty line seems reliable and sufficiently scientific to warrant its continued use.· There are other methods for calculating water deficit.· The least square method was used in calculating the correlations.· These two methods were used to calculate the relative bidirectional reflectance of ten contrasting surfaces.· But eurobonds make annual payments, and the appropriate method of calculating the yield to maturity is to use annual discounting.· A method of calculating additional overhead expenditure is as follows.· Once more, there are a number of different methods of calculating the loss.
· The amount is calculated according to the number of years for which you have paid contributions.· We calculate the number of connections as follows.· Questions relating to counting and calculating with whole numbers are generally tackled by girls as well as or better than by boys.· The number of bowel actions each week was calculated.· The package provides you with a means to calculate the number of radiators required to heat a building.· Answer guide: Students could calculate this in a number of ways.· Attendance rates are calculated by dividing the number of openings in the school register by the number of pupils present.· I was trying to calculate the exact number of hours which the motion allows the Committee to spend debating the Bill.
· An actuary, assuming no casual connection, might calculate the odds against such a coincidence.· Lupo said oddsmakers use theoretical win percentages to calculate the odds, as they would on a sporting event.· From the calculating of odds and strategies and tactics?· Of course this could be a coincidence but we can calculate the odds against this.· The business of lending money is like gambling-the creditors calculate the odds of the money being repaid.· Now he merely appraised the situation, calculating the odds for life against death.· Within minutes it was very strong and while my partner seconded I began calculating the odds of freezing to death.
· It is then often necessary to calculate the percentage yield.· It can be calculated as a Percentage rate.· In this way the formula of a compound can be used to calculate the percentage composition by mass of a compound.· Scoring the log One easy way is to calculate the percentage of possible occasions when a particular activity or environmental condition applies.· Effects of cimetidine and histamine of the cells were calculated as a percentage of the untreated controls.· These can be compared to the original volume to calculate the percentage of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the air.
· Suppose you had written a function called FN_discount to calculate the discount price from the normal retail price.· Voice over Commuters are calculating the price they have to pay for comfort and punctuality.· We can calculate the price per unit along the following lines: However, this only yields an average selling price.· Sometimes he calculates the price on an abacus and then indicates the total.· But when calculating the price of your holiday, don't forget to add on any applicable flight supplement detailed there.· The cost was calculated in terms of the current price of slaughter stock, and so many head were then requested.· These have been used to calculate continuous price series for 50 individual items based on 10 year average prices.· It is debatable whether calculating the price is an art or a science.
· Ninety five percent confidence intervals for the relative risk was calculated using exact probabilities.· A young Salomon Brothers trader named Howie Rubin began to calculate the probability of homeowners' prepaying their mortgages.· To calculate the joint probability of the coincidence occurring in any one minute we multiply the two separate probabilities.
· These data were used to calculate annual referral rates using the practice populations as the denominator.· In addition to net present value, the internal rate of return on a capital budgeting project is also calculated.· This is done by calculating a rate of discount.· It can be calculated as a Percentage rate.· There is a simple way of calculating your aerobic walking rate.· Take your pulse in the same way that you calculated your resting pulse rate earlier.· The first is to calculate the risk-adjusted discount rate and apply it to the unadjusted cash flows.· He calculated these as suicide rates in relation to the size of the population in which they occurred.
· Holmes calculated a ratio of approximately 2.4:1.· The labelling index was calculated as the ratio of Ki-67 positive to negative cells per crypt.· Sharpe calculated a benchmark ratio using the Dow Jones Industrial Average as a proxy for the market portfolio.· We also calculated standardised mortality ratios for all hypertensive patients.· A total labelling index was calculated as the ratio of labelled cell to total cell numbers for each column.
· Costs Our charges are calculated by reference to an hourly rate.· Results were calculated by reference to a standard curve.· Annual rate bills are calculated by reference to rateable values and the rate multiplier.· Gains on property disposals are calculated by reference to historical net book value to the Group.· But if the damages are calculated without reference to income tax that will not be so.· This can be best calculated by reference to accurate time-cost information.
· Odds ratios were calculated for the risk of fracture in the arthritic women.· Delegation truly involved interpersonal judgment, taking calculated risks on whom to trust.· It was a calculated risk, like all voyages into the unknown.· They tend to set moderately difficult goals for themselves and to take calculated risks. 3.
· In calculating the size of deadweight burden triangles under monopoly, different economists have used different estimates of the elasticity of demand.· This occurred because we overestimated the effectiveness of disulfiram when we calculated the sample size prior to initiating the study.· For the last 20 years researchers have been able to calculate genome sizes and mutation rates.· Fortunately, WordPerfect will do most of the page layout work for you-it calculates the appropriate sizes of columns and margins.· What it does offer is a way of calculating the probable size of the error in estimating that value.· The calculated size of the fireball may be several hundred meters in diameter.· It would seem at first sight feasible to calculate this size in a way which reflected precisely the actual use for each category.
· Simplifies tax filing for thousands of middle-income Californians by increasing the exemption amounts used in calculating the Alternative Minimum Tax.· In an Inland Revenue consultation paper, Mr Brown also signalled a willingness to disregard student loans when calculating tax credit levels.· The information on the form is processed by our advanced computer system, which calculates all tax and National Insurance contributions.· Block Financial says Kiplinger TaxCut had a problem in calculating state tax returns from Michigan.
· We can now calculate its value by application of Hess's law.· Step 2 calculates the present value of the expected benefits of the new equipment.· How do we calculate the value of the asset that we are trying to protect?· Thus we can calculate the money value of the final coupon payment and principal repayment on 30 March 1988 as follows.· To help you calculate the value of your possessions, there is a guide on the back of this leaflet.· Lattice enthalpies determined through the Born-Haber cycle can be regarded as experimental values since the lattice enthalpies are calculated from experimental values.· Reference should also be made to the Specific Claims Handling Instructions, especially to calculate written down value.· Any spreadsheet should be able to calculate the present value of payments made over a fixed term.
VERB
· These data were used to calculate annual referral rates using the practice populations as the denominator.· Simplifies tax filing for thousands of middle-income Californians by increasing the exemption amounts used in calculating the Alternative Minimum Tax.· In the aerospace and transport industries, scientists and engineers use stoichiometric procedures to calculate fuel needs.· The resulting estimates will then be used to calculate the changes in welfare resulting from some simple price reduction scenarios of 1992.· Reproducibility studies on the data used to calculate the scan score yielded a coefficient of variation of 5.5%.· Admittedly the computer did use them to calculate the appropriate genetic formula for every point on the picture.· Bond enthalpies can also be used to calculate the enthalpies of reactions involving covalent molecules.· These have been used to calculate continuous price series for 50 individual items based on 10 year average prices.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • The commercials are calculated to attract young single consumers.
  • By the end of 1988 the lifetime output was calculated to be less than 22 percent of its original design capacity.
  • Depreciation is calculated to write off the cost or valuation of tangible assets other than freehold land over their estimated useful lives.
  • On the contrary, much of it - the taxation proposals in particular - is calculated to sacrifice our competitive edge.
  • Pearsons correlation coefficient was calculated to measure the association between continuous variables.
  • Spearman's Rank-Order Correlation Coefficient was calculated to determine the correlation between relative frequency and coverage.
  • The maximum concentration of free fatty acid in the incubation mixture was calculated to be 50 µM.
  • The S phase duration was calculated to be 10 hours.
  • The way the Sibyl thought it necessary to start was calculated to frighten any but the boldest.
Word family
WORD FAMILYadjectivecalculable ≠ incalculablecalculatedcalculatingnouncalculationcalculatorverbcalculateadverbcalculatedly
1to find out how much something will cost, how long something will take etc, by using numbers:  These instruments calculate distances precisely.calculate how much/how many etc I’m trying to calculate how much paint we need.calculate (that) Sally calculated that she’d have about £100 left.calculate something on something Rates are calculated on an hourly basis.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say that they work something out or, in American English, figure something out, rather than calculate it:· We still haven’t worked out how much it’s all going to cost.GRAMMARIn more formal English, you say it is calculated that: · It is calculated that over $16 billion has been spent on the project.2to guess something using as many facts as you can findcalculate (that) Researchers calculated that this group was at a higher risk of heart disease.calculate how/what/whether etc It’s difficult to calculate what effect all these changes will have on the company.3be calculated to do something to be intended to have a particular effect:  a question calculated to embarrass himTHESAURUScalculate formal to find out an amount, price, or value by adding numbers together: · The students calculated the cost of printing 5000 copies of their book.work out to calculate something. Work out is less formal than calculate, and is more common in everyday English: · You need to work out how much you will need to borrow.figure out (also figure American English) informal to calculate an amount: · We still haven't figured out how much it's all going to cost.· the method for figuring welfare paymentscount to find out the total number of things or people in a group by looking at each one and adding them all together: · The teacher counted the children as they got on the bus.total (also total up) to add a number of things together to get a final number: · Once the scores have been totaled, we will announce the winner.· Okay, now let's total up who had the most points.quantify formal to say how much something costs, how much of it there is, how serious or effective it is etc: · I think it's difficult to quantify the cost at the moment, for a variety of reasons.· How do you quantify the benefits of the treatment?· a reliable method for quantifying the amount of calcium in the bloodassess formal to calculate what the value or cost of something is, or decide how good, bad etc something is: · The value of the paintings was assessed at $20 million.· They are still assessing the damage.· We need to have a better way of assessing students' progress.estimate to guess an amount, price, or number as exactly as you can, based on the knowledge you have: · The police department estimates that the number of violent crimes will decrease by 2%.put a figure on something to say what you think the exact total amount or value of something is, especially when it is a lot: · It's hard to put a figure on it, but the final cost is likely to be over £225 million.· The company has refused to put a figure on its losses.project to calculate what an amount will be in the future, using the information you have now: · The company projects sales of $4 million this year.different ways of calculatingadd to put two or more numbers together to find the total: · If you add 7 and 5, you get 12.subtract/take away to reduce one number by another number. take something away sounds more informal than subtract: · If you subtract 12 from 15, you get 3.multiply to add a number to itself a particular number of times: · 4 multiplied by 10 is 40.divide to calculate how many times one number contains another number: · 10 divided by 2 equals 5.calculate on something phrasal verb if you calculate on something, you are depending on it for your plans to succeed:  We’re calculating on an early start.calculate on somebody/something doing something Ken hadn’t calculated on Polson refusing his offer.
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