Calculated
['kælkjʊleɪtɪd] or ['kælkjuletɪd]
Definition
(p. p. & a.) Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball.
(p. p. & a.) Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or forethought to accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to deceive the people.
(p. p. & a.) Likely to produce a certain effect, whether intended or not; fitted; adapted; suited.
Edited by Julia
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fitted, congenial, adapted, conducive
ANT:Unfitted, unadapted, uncongenial, unconducive, adverse, unqualified, unsuited,miscalculated, ill-adapted
Editor: Mamie
Examples
- Is it not, by its noble cares and sublime results, the one best calculated to fill the void left by uptorn affections and demolished hopes? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I thought your good nature might--' 'I thought you knew,' she interrupted, with a smile, 'that my good nature is not to be calculated upon? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Is it because we are calculated to walk? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I have not seen a man who, if he turns his talents that way, was more calculated to fill the gap left by the illustrious Moriarty. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A calculated, cast up, balanced, and proved house. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Her constitution is both sound and elastic;--better calculated to endure variations of climate than many more robust. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- His countenance was therefore fully displayed, and its expression was calculated to impress a degree of awe, if not of fear, upon strangers. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- When I calculated that this impetuous young woman would overdo it in new directions, was I wrong or right? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A robbery of a daring and aggravated nature occasioned a vigilance of pursuit, and a strictness of search, they had not calculated on. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In this country, it is calculated that eight tons of phosphorus are yearly used in making matches, the number of which is stated to be 40,000,000 a day. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I calculated that the boy might be back in twenty minutes, and that I might drive to St. John's Wood, on his return, in twenty minutes more. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I measured her stature and calculated her strength. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The laws relating to land, therefore, were all calculated for what they supposed the interest of the proprietor. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I've calculated the cost, and I'll pay for it myself. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- This kind of boating is calculated to drive an impatient man mad in a week. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was really calculated to break his spirit, he said afterwards. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I was quite ready to give that man, if he had entered, such a greeting as he little calculated on; but behind him followed three hundred. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They calculated that their gliding-machine, with 165 square feet of surface, should be held up by a wind blowing twenty-one miles an hour. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- What had occurred since, calculated to change his and my relative positions? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- We called to mind the plague of 1348, when it was calculated that a third of mankind had been destroyed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The viaduct is constructed of limestone and iron lattice-work, and is calculated to bear 7,200 tons. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I know it to be unnecessary and calculated to awaken speculation, doubt, rumour, I don't know what, in the house. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You, Tony, possess in yourself all that is calculated to charm the eye and allure the taste. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Nor was Mr. Bumble's gloom the only thing calculated to awaken a pleasing melancholy in the bosom of a spectator. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- If you can promote views calculated to make two young people happy, let me, for Our John's sake, and for both their sakes, implore you so to do! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The journey back to town had not been calculated to soothe her nerves. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- My reply was ready; a reproach I deemed calculated to sting his very heart. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Knowing the time during which the current has run, and the amount of deposit, the strength of the current in amperes can be calculated. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He merely calculated on meeting her and her husband in an ordinary manner, chatting a little while, and leaving again. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It was low in the heavens, and I calculated that in less than an hour it would lie just above the topmost branches of the old oak. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
Editor: Mamie