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calculated

[ kal-kyuh-ley-tid ]

adjective

  1. arrived at or determined by mathematical calculation; ascertained mathematically.
  2. carefully thought out or planned:

    a calculated effort.



calculated

/ ˈæʊˌɪɪ /

adjective

  1. undertaken after considering the likelihood of success or failure

    a calculated risk

  2. deliberately planned; premeditated

    a calculated insult

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • c·e· adverb
  • c·e·Ա noun
  • ܲ·c·e adjective
  • ɱ-c·e adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of calculated1

First recorded in 1715–25; calculate + -ed 2
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Your capital gain will be calculated by subtracting your tax basis in the home from the sales proceeds, minus selling costs.

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“What we’re witnessing isn’t just bureaucratic dysfunction — it’s a calculated strategy to prolong child detention, discourage and impede reunification, and extract as much personal data as possible for future immigration enforcement,” Chew said.

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That alone makes this strike both brutal and symbolic: a calculated assault not just on lives, but on a fragile sense of normalcy the Indian state has worked hard to project in the disputed region.

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Until the first months of this war, the number of people killed in Gaza was calculated from counting bodies that arrived in hospitals - like those of Asma Hirzallah and her children.

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There was also a "calculated attempt to bypass security systems" by obscuring the contents of the tubes.

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