calculating

«calculating» in Mova's school dictionary: The -ing form of «calculate»: working something out with… — 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 (calculating); verb form (calculate, calculates, calculated, calculating)

meaning for a pupil

1) The -ing form of «calculate»: working something out with numbers: «I'm calculating the total.» tree →

2) (of a person) Cold and sneaky, always planning how to get what they want, often by tricking others: «a calculating villain». tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths lessons «calculating» is doing the sums: calculating area, calculating change. In stories «calculating» describes a sly, scheming character, often a villain or a fox. Phrases: «calculating machine», «a cold, calculating look».

examples

• I'm calculating how much pocket money I'll have by summer. tree →
• The calculating fox tricked the crow out of her cheese. tree →
• Calculating the area of a rectangle is easy: length times width. tree →
• She gave him a cold, calculating look. tree →
• Early calculating machines were huge. tree →
• Use a calculator when calculating big numbers. tree →

note

As a verb form it is neutral; as an adjective for people it is negative (sly, scheming). Noun: calculation; tool: calculator.

In the corpora

• Chess has no hidden information: both players can see the whole board; a chess computer wins by calculating many moves ahead.

Trees and pragmatics

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