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adjectivecapable of or made for performing calculations, especially arithmetical calculations: a calculating machine. shrewd; cautious: a wise and calculating lawyer. selfishly scheming: a cold and calculating dictator. Origin of calculatingFirst recorded in1800–10; calculate + -ing2 SYNONYMS FOR calculatingSEE SYNONYMS FOR calculating ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM calculatingcal·cu·lat·ing·ly, adverbnon·cal·cu·lat·ing, adjectiveun·cal·cu·lat·ing, adjectiveun·cal·cu·lat·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby calculatingcalc-tufa, calculable, calculate, calculated, calculated risk, calculating, calculating machine, calculation, calculator, calculosis, calculous Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for calculatingAll that calculating happens within the machine, and to human eyes it would look like a long string of 0s and 1s. How Close Are Computers to Automating Mathematical Reasoning?|Stephen Ornes|August 27, 2020|Quanta Magazine Cressida is not really suited for that kind of calculating existence of briefing and counter-briefing. Who Would Want To Be A Royal Princess? Not Cressida Bonas...|Tom Sykes|May 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST Critics run that tab as high as $4 billion, calculating the lost tax revenues over 40 years. Are Athletes Using Your Tax Dollars to Juice?|Stuart Stevens|May 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST Calculating gender differences is complicated, but the politics are simple. What Equal Pay Day? McConnell Slams Paycheck Fairness Act|Eleanor Clift|April 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some calculating pol, realizing that his position had become unpopular or untenable, would execute a backflip off the high board. The New Era of Evolution Helps Pols Switch Stance on Issues from Gay Marriage to Immigration|Howard Kurtz|April 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST But given the measurement error inherent in calculating GDP, this is very nearly a distinction without a difference. Dismal Fourth Quarter GDP: Now With Slightly Less Dismal|Megan McArdle|February 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST Crocker's answer was a grunt; he was looking at the stars, calculating possibly in how long he could walk to heaven. The Island Pharisees|John Galsworthy It is for want of that that we go on as we do, calculating wrongly what are the great things and what are the small things. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V)|Alexander Maclaren Do not suppose that I am asking you to be a cold-blooded, calculating person. Windfalls|(AKA Alpha of the Plough) Alfred George Gardiner Whence arise, if we leave out the mixed forms, two principal types—the calculating, the venturesome. Essay on the Creative Imagination|Th. Ribot Calculating an average monthly excavation of a million cubic yards, the task would have required 17 years to complete. The Panama Canal|Frederic Jennings Haskin
British Dictionary definitions for calculating
adjectiveselfishly scheming shrewd; cautious Derived forms of calculatingcalculatingly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to calculatingwily, shrewd, scheming, canny, devious, considerate, manipulative, guarded, designing, contriving, premeditating, artful, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, crafty, cunning, discreet, gingerly |