calculation

4 definitions • 4 examples

the process of using information you already have and adding, taking away, multiplying, or dividing numbers to judge the number or amount of something:

The calculations that you did/made contained a few inaccuracies.

careful planning to control a situation for your own advantage in a way that is slightly unpleasant and causes people not to trust you:

There's an element of calculation in his behaviour that makes me distrust him.

the process of finding an amount or number using mathematics:

A calculation of their tax liability will be made from their account books.

an opinion that you form about something, or the process of forming an opinion:

My calculation is that it's going to take a while.