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Adjective: calculating  'kal-kyu,ley-ting
  1. Serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner
    "the most calculating and selfish men in the community";
    - calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd
Verb: calculate  'kal-kyu,leyt
  1. (mathematics) make a mathematical calculation or computation
    "you can calculate the area of a square if you know the length of its sides";
    - cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure [N. Amer]
  2. Judge to be probable
    - estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast
  3. Keep an account of
    - account
  4. Predict in advance
    - forecast
  5. Specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
    - aim, direct
  6. Have faith or confidence in
    - count, bet, depend, look, reckon

See also: hard

Type of: anticipate, bank, call, designate, destine, evaluate, forebode, foretell, intend, judge, pass judgment, predict, prognosticate, promise, reason, rely, specify, swear, trust

Encyclopedia: Calculating