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EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionaryexample sentence:'>//We calculated the cost of new carpeting for the whole house.//We need to calculate our chances of success before we invest more money in the business.
EnglishMerriam-Webster DictionaryFirst Known Use
1542, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1aHistory and Etymology
borrowed from Late Latin calculātus, past participle of calculāre "to count, reckon, compute," derivative of Latin calculus "pebble, pebble used for calculating on a counting board, method or result of calculation" — more at calculusNOTE: The verb may already have existed in Latin, to judge by the derivative calculātor—see calculator.
//We calculated the cost of new carpeting for the whole house.//We need to calculate our chances of success before we invest more money in the business.
First Known Use
1542, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1aHistory and Etymology
borrowed from Late Latin calculātus, past participle of calculāre "to count, reckon, compute," derivative of Latin calculus "pebble, pebble used for calculating on a counting board, method or result of calculation" — more at calculusNOTE: The verb may already have existed in Latin, to judge by the derivative calculātor—see calculator.