calculated

«calculated» in Mova's school dictionary: Past form of «calculate»: worked out using numbers: «We… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (calculated); verb form (calculate, calculates, calculated, calculating)

meaning for a pupil

1) Past form of «calculate»: worked out using numbers: «We calculated the area.» tree →

2) Carefully planned to get a result, often in a sneaky way: «a calculated lie». tree →

3) Meant or likely to do something: «a joke calculated to make him laugh». tree →

4) «A calculated risk» is a risk you take after thinking about the chances. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths lessons, «calculated» is what you did when you worked out an answer; «show how you calculated it». In stories, a «calculated move» is a clever, planned action by a hero or villain. Phrases: «calculated risk», «carefully calculated».

examples

• We calculated the perimeter of the playground. tree →
• She calculated that the trip would take two hours. tree →
• His friendliness was calculated; he wanted something. tree →
• The firefighter took a calculated risk to save the cat. tree →
• The cost was calculated at £50. tree →
• The advert was calculated to make children want the toy. tree →
• He could think of nothing he had done calculated to stir Uncle Remus's grief. tree →

note

Past form of calculate: drop -e, add -ed. «Calculated» about a person's action can sound cold or sneaky; «calculated risk» is neutral. In maths it just means worked out.

In the corpora

• In 1974 Stephen Hawking calculated that black holes should slowly leak tiny amounts of energy and, over unimaginably long times, evaporate.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «calculated» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.