[ˈkalkjʊleɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- determine (the amount or number of something) mathematically
(e.g: the program can calculate the number of words that will fit in the space available)

- intend (an action) to have a particular effect
(e.g: his last words were calculated to wound her)

- suppose or believe
(e.g: I calculate it's pretty difficult to git edication down there)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from late Latin calculat- ‘counted’, from the verb calculare, from calculus ‘a small pebble (as used on an abacus)’