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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculated/#m1)

2) Carefully planned to get a result, often in a sneaky way: «a calculated lie». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculated/#m2)

3) Meant or likely to do something: «a joke calculated to make him laugh». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculated/#m3)

4) «A calculated risk» is a risk you take after thinking about the chances. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculated/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculated/#x1)
- She calculated that the trip would take two hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculated/#x2)
- His friendliness was calculated; he wanted something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculated/#x3)
- The firefighter took a calculated risk to save the cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculated/#x4)
- The cost was calculated at £50. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculated/#x5)
- The advert was calculated to make children want the toy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculated/#x6)
- He could think of nothing he had done calculated to stir Uncle Remus's grief. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculated/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/25-black-holes/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «calculated» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculated/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.