calculate

Other forms of calculate

past tense

calculated·

present participle

calculating·

third person

calculates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about calculate

What does calculate mean?

calculate means "make a mathematical calculation or computation". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in calculate?

calculate has 3 syllables: cal-cu-late. The stress falls on "cal". In IPA it is /ˈkælkjəˌleɪt/.

What is another word for calculate?

Close synonyms include cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is calculate a common word?

calculate is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with calculate?

56 words rhyme with calculate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.