calculated Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb make a mathematical calculation or computation
cypher; compute; calculate; work out; reckon; cipher; figure.
verb judge to be probable
calculate; figure; reckon; forecast; estimate; count on.
verb keep an account of
account; calculate.
verb predict in advance
calculate; forecast.
verb specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
aim; calculate; direct.
verb have faith or confidence in
count; depend; look; reckon; bet; calculate.
- you can count on me to help you any time
- Look to your friends for support
- You can bet on that!
- Depend on your family in times of crisis
adjective satellite carefully thought out in advance
measured; deliberate.
- a calculated insult
- with measured irony

Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball.
Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or forethought to accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to deceive the people.
Likely to produce a certain effect, whether intended or not; fitted; adapted; suited.
The only danger that attends multiplicity of publication is, that some of them may be calculated to injure rather than benefit society. Goldsmith.

The minister, on the other hand, had never gone through an experience calculated to lead him beyond the scope of generally received laws. Hawthorne.