calculation

«calculation» in Mova's school dictionary: working out an answer using numbers, such as adding… — 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

noun (a calculation, calculations)

meaning for a pupil

1) A calculation is working out an answer using numbers, such as adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing. tree →

2) Calculation is careful planning or thinking about what will happen, sometimes selfishly, as in cold calculation. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths lessons, show your calculations so the teacher can see your method; check calculations with the inverse operation or estimation. Mental calculation is done in your head; written calculation uses methods like column addition. In science, calculations find speed, averages and areas. In stories, a calculating character plans coldly.

examples

• Show your calculation in the box. tree →
• My calculation was wrong; I forgot to carry the ten. tree →
• Do the calculation in your head. tree →
• The calculator does long calculations quickly. tree →
• By my calculation, we'll arrive at six. tree →
• Check each calculation with an estimate. tree →
• "I always act with due order, consideration, and calculation. tree →

note

Countable. Verb: calculate; tool: calculator; adjective: calculating (crafty). In maths, a calculation must have the numbers and operations right; a mistake in one step changes the final answer.

In the corpora

• The first electronic computers, in the 1940s, filled whole rooms and were used to break codes and do huge calculations.

Trees and pragmatics

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