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cal·cu·late

calculate

 
 
pronunciation:
kael ky leIt
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part of speech: verb
inflections: calculates, calculating, calculated
definition: When you calculate something, you find out how much it is by using arithmetic. Using arithmetic means adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing.
At the end of the game, we calculated the score by adding up all the points.
synonyms:
compute, count, figure, measure
similar words:
add, divide, estimate, multiply, subtract, sum, total
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