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Definition of calculate : 1. To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end; as, to calculate a system of laws for the government and protection of a free people.
2. To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.
3. To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of; as, to calculate or cast one's nativity.
4. To make a calculation; to forecast consequences; to estimate; to compute.
5. To plan; to expect; to think.

Synonyms:

head, lick, bode, get, augur, exercise, opine, omen, address, wager, portend, dope out, project, attend, place, regard, visualize, look, organise, work up, forecast, write in code, cipher, expect, number, wait, numerate, inscribe, foreshadow, report, cypher, channelize, bet, face, orchestrate, subtract, sum up, code, auspicate, aspire, await, elaborate, predict, train, point, image, picture, deem, enter, lead, cast, betoken, count on, prognosticate, target, prefigure, propose, puzzle out, mastermind, channelise, encipher, purpose, solve, seem, depend, assay, draw a bead on, take, take aim, manoeuver, anticipate, shoot for, guide, size up, front, play, ascertain, manoeuvre, work, valuate, presage, answer for, take care, work out, direct, foretell, search, organize, view, encrypt, appear, visualise, fancy, aim, steer, figure out, engineer, matter, purport, conduct, describe, drive, send, see, maneuver, assume

systematize, gauge, compute, reckon, quantize, rank, plan, conclude, deduce, think, presume, sum, guess, consider, suppose, value, count, total, weigh, scheme, infer, schedule, assess, tally, divide, determine, evaluate, surmise, plot, approximate, program, score, study, rationalize, rate, judge, multiply, measure, account, figure, add, enumerate, quantify, triangulate, appraise, estimate

contemplate, cerebrate, imagine, envision, cogitate, brood, muse, deliberate, ponder, reason, reflect, speculate, concentrate, debate, daydream, analyze, meditate

calibrate, survey, test, scale, benchmark

Usage examples:

• How far I had come I could not exactly calculate, but I knew that, at the rate I had been moving, it must be a considerable distance. - "In the Rocky Mountains", W. H. G. Kingston.
• Fanny was now a little confused, so that she could not exactly calculate what all this meant. - "The Claverings", Anthony Trollope.
• They just calculate on few people going out or even looking out of their houses on that kind of a night. - "The Dragon's Secret", Augusta Huiell Seaman.