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

2) (of a person) Cold and sneaky, always planning how to get what they want, often by tricking others: «a calculating villain». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculating/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculating/#x1)
- The calculating fox tricked the crow out of her cheese. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculating/#x2)
- Calculating the area of a rectangle is easy: length times width. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculating/#x3)
- She gave him a cold, calculating look. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculating/#x4)
- Early calculating machines were huge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculating/#x5)
- Use a calculator when calculating big numbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calculating/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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