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    cal·cu·lat·ing
    [ˈkalkyəˌlādiNG]
    adjective
    calculating (adjective)
    1. acting in a scheming and ruthlessly determined way:
      "he was a coolly calculating, ruthless man"
    cal·cu·late
    [ˈkalkyəˌlāt]
    verb
    calculating (present participle)
    1. determine (the amount or number of something) mathematically:
      "Japanese land value was calculated at 2.5 times that of the U.S" · "he calculated that Texas would gain four new seats in the House of Representatives"
      • determine by reasoning, experience, or common sense; reckon or judge:
        "I was bright enough to calculate that she had been on vacation"
      • (calculate on)
        include as an essential element in one's plans:
        "he may have calculated on maximizing pressure for policy revision"
    2. (be calculated to do something)
      intend (an action) to have a particular effect:
      "his last words were calculated to wound her"
    3. US ENGLISH
      dialect
      suppose or believe.
    Origin
    late Middle English: from late Latin calculat- ‘counted’, from the verb calculare, from calculus ‘a small pebble (as used on an abacus)’.
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    adjective
    1. acting in a scheming and ruthlessly determined way:
      cunning
      crafty
      wily
      shrewd
      scheming
      devious
      designing
      conniving
      manipulative
      Machiavellian
      artful
      guileful
      slippery
      slick
      sly
      disingenuous
      unscrupulous
      foxy
      slim
      subtle
      Opposite:
      ingenuous
      artless
      thoughtless
    verb
    1. determine (the amount or number of something) mathematically:
      compute
      work out
      reckon
      figure
      enumerate
      determine
      evaluate
      quantify
      assess
      cost
      put a figure on
      add up
      tally
      total
      totalize
      calibrate
      gauge
      cast
      add together
      count up
      tot up
    2. intend (an action) to have a particular effect:
      intend
      mean
      design
      plan
      aim
    3. suppose or believe.
      suppose
      presume
      think
      believe
      imagine
      assume
      conjecture
      surmise
      judge
      trust
      guess
      reckon
      figure
      think it likely
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