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UK
/kˈælkjʊlˌeɪtɪd/
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[ US /ˈkæɫkjəˌɫeɪtɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈkæɫkjəˌɫeɪtɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
carefully thought out in advance
with measured irony
a calculated insult
he made a deliberate decision not to respond negatively
How To Use calculated In A Sentence
- The resettlement fee shall be calculated according to the number of agricultural population to be resettled.
- Aliquots were withdrawn at the indicated times, the viable titer was determined, and the percentage of survivors was calculated.
- ‘You took a pre-meditated, calculated and awful revenge,’ the judge told him.
- Even the betting person makes a carefully calculated and rational decision about where to put his or her money.
- Cavil, Doral and another Simon how long have you got buddy? find the dead doctor Simon and once again Cavil shows himself to be a pathetic military planner, he admits he "miscalculated" Boomer's actions. VARIANTS: DAYBREAK, PT II - REVIEW
- After accumulating enough data, we calculated that each person spent at least a full minute in a stall.
- That which is soft and effeminate, which is calculated to excite the passions, by multitudes of ambiguous expressions, (not the less dangerous for being so cloaked) should be considered by Christians as an abuse the more deplorable, as it has even been censured and condemned by the pagans. The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi
- Objectively, a calumny is a mortal sin when it is calculated to do serious harm to the person so traduced. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
- Data collection and analysis Positive and negative likelihood ratios (LR) and diagnostic odds ratios (DOR) were calculated.
- The bus is a far lower environmental burden than passenger cars, calculated on the number of passengers per kilometre.