word-vault/dist/data/cards/ca/calculate.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "calculate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "calculate",
            "heSheIt": "calculates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "calculated",
        "pastParticiple": "calculated",
        "ingForm": "calculating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to use numbers to find out a total number, amount, distance, etc.",
            "sensetop": "calculate somethingcalculate something from somethingcalculate something by somethingcalculate something by doing somethingcalculate how much, what, etc.it is calculated that…be calculated at…",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "An independent valuer will **calculate the value** of your property.",
                    "contextForm": "calculate something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "That figure was **calculated using** the standard equation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Use the formula to calculate the volume of the container."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We haven’t really calculated the cost of the vacation yet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Benefit is calculated on the basis of average weekly earnings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Expected cancer **rates were calculated** from data from the eight surrounding counties.",
                    "contextForm": "calculate something from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The daily doses were calculated by a somewhat simpler method.",
                    "contextForm": "calculate something by something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ratio is calculated by dividing a company's share price by its earnings per share.",
                    "contextForm": "calculate something by doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You'll need to calculate how much time the assignment will take.",
                    "contextForm": "calculate how much, what, etc."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It has been calculated that at least 47 000 jobs were lost last year.",
                    "contextForm": "it is calculated that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sum involved was calculated at $82 million.",
                    "contextForm": "be calculated at…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's difficult to calculate precisely what we've spent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The amount is calculated according to the number of years you have paid into the plan."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "work out",
            "topics": ["Maths and measurement"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["accurately", "exactly", "precisely"],
                "preposition": ["according to", "at"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to guess something or form an opinion by using all the information available",
            "sensetop": "calculate that…calculate how much, what, etc.calculate something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Conservationists calculate that hundreds of species could be lost in this area.",
                    "contextForm": "calculate that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is impossible to calculate what influence he had on her life.",
                    "contextForm": "calculate how much, what, etc."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How does one calculate the extent of the damage to his reputation?",
                    "contextForm": "calculate something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Calculating that he would not be home yet, I slipped in through the back door."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Environmentalists calculate that hundreds of plant species may be affected."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I tried to calculate how much time it would take me to get there."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "estimate",
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument", "Doubt, guessing and certainty"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["carefully", "shrewdly", "correctly"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkælkjuleɪt/",
                "audio": "ca/calculate/calculate__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkælkjuleɪts/",
                "audio": "ca/calculate/calculates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkælkjuleɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "ca/calculate/calculated__gb_4.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkælkjuleɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ca/calculate/calculating__gb_4.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkælkjuleɪt/",
                "audio": "ca/calculate/calculate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkælkjuleɪts/",
                "audio": "ca/calculate/calculates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkælkjuleɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "ca/calculate/calculated__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkælkjuleɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ca/calculate/calculating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from late Latin calculat- ‘counted’, from the verb calculare, from calculus ‘a small pebble (as used on an abacus)’."
}