Synonyms for calculation
ˌkæl kyəˈleɪ ʃəncal·cu·la·tion

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1. calculationnoun

   The act or process of calculating.

   Synonyms:
   computation, compute, reckon, calculate

2. calculationnoun

   The result of calculating.

   Synonyms:
   sum

3. calculationnoun

   Reckoning, estimate.

   By my calculation, we should be there by midnight.

   Synonyms:
   guess, reckoning, estimate, measurement

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1. calculation

   Synonyms:
   appointment, certainty, decree, fate, foreordination, intention, law, necessity, ordainment, ordinance, plan, preparation, provision, purpose

   Antonyms:
   accident, adventure, calamity, casualty, chance, contingency, disaster, fortuity, hap, happening, hazard, incident, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, possibility

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1. calculation

   Synonyms:
   estimation, consideration, balance, apportionment, investigation, reckoning, computation, anticipation, forethought, regard, circumspection, watchfulness, vigilance, caution, care

   Antonyms:
   inconsiderateness, inconsideration, incaution, indiscretion, miscalculation, misconception, exclusion, exception, omission, carelessness, seposition

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1. calculation, computation, computingnoun

   the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods

   Synonyms:
   computation, reckoning, computer science, computing, deliberation, figuring

2. calculation, computation, figuring, reckoningnoun

   problem solving that involves numbers or quantities

   Synonyms:
   figuring, tally, count, enumeration, computation, counting, reckoning, computing, deliberation, numeration

3. calculation, deliberationnoun

   planning something carefully and intentionally

   "it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting"

   Synonyms:
   slowness, figuring, unhurriedness, reckoning, deliberateness, computation, computing, weighing, deliberation, advisement

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1. • Problem Solving

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1. calculationnoun

   Synonyms:
   computation, reckoning

2. calculationnoun

   Synonyms:
   investigation, examination, inquisition, inquiry, scrutiny, exploration, sifting

3. calculationnoun

   Synonyms:
   expectation, expectance, anticipation, contemplation, prospect

4. calculationnoun

   Synonyms:
   forethought, foresight, circumspection, wariness, caution, cautiousness, discretion, deliberation, prudence

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1. calculationnoun

   Synonyms:
   computation, reckoning, expectation, anticipation, circumspection, wariness, forethought, caution

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1. List of paraphrases for "calculation":

   calculating, computation, calculations, calculate, calc, computing, calculus, calculated, derivation, numeracy, computational, compute, math, determining, estimate, estimation, determination, design, arithmetic

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1. Valentino Rossi:

   It's quite impossible( to predict), in three races, we will have completely different conditions, three different types of tracks, so I never do these types of calculation -- 99 percent of the time, it doesn't happen.

2. Thomas Frieden:

   The CDC gives a simple risk calculation for having or dying of heart attack or stroke.

3. Shree Nayar:

   What we have done is a calculation that shows that you can take the same design and make a compact image sensor chip with it. Of course that chip would be able to capture less light and therefore harvest less energy, because it is smaller. But it turns out when you make it a chip it also consumes less power.

4. Walter LaFeber:

   [H]is foreign policy displayed a realism, a careful calculation of forces and… diplomatic finesse…. Stalin’s priority was not world revolution but, once again, Russian security and his own personal power. (Feber, 1993, p. 22)

5. Michael Cohen:

   For Trump, the calculation may be that 'this is where the CEOs are, this is where jobs are for my country, so this is what I’m going to do,' he may see this as a business conference where he can talk up the country and its resources and get more investment.