How to Use calculate in a Sentence

calculate

verb
Definition of calculatenext
Synonyms for calculatenext
  • We calculated the cost of new carpeting for the whole house.
  • I need to calculate how long it will take me to drive to Chicago.
  • We need to calculate our chances of success before we invest more money in the business.
  • First, calculate the weight of your kayak and gear and compare it to the weight limit of the roof rack.
    — Field & Stream Commerce Team, Field & Stream, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The scale and the cost of these years of oppression is hard to calculate.
    — Joanna Scutts, The New Republic, 18 Oct. 2022
  • To learn how to calculate whether a live show will be in profit or be a loss.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 July 2023
  • The reward will be calculated based on the amount of gold found and its value, Oehrl said.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The ministry uses the Urals price to calculate its tax take from oil exports.
    — Stanley Reed, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
  • That’s because a closed account impacts two of the factors used to calculate the score.
    — Mia Taylor, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2023
  • To calculate watt hours, multiply the volts (V) by the ampere hours (Ah).
    — Jill Schildhouse, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2023
  • And the state has a say in how those three-year update numbers get calculated.
    — Anna Staver, The Enquirer, 24 May 2023
  • As for how your moon sign is calculated, Edut explains that your moon sign is a result of where the moon was in the sky when you were born.
    — Madison Feller, ELLE, 28 Apr. 2023
  • It was calculated at 467 feet, tied for the fifth longest homer in the majors this season.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 15 June 2024
  • Here's a breakdown to understand the records and how they're calculated and set.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 9 July 2023
  • Trapview’s app is also able to calculate where and when best to use pesticides.
    — Tom Page, CNN, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Every move and hit has to be calculated to give the team an advantage.
    — Chelsea Hylton, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
  • To calculate this, the researchers analyzed state-by-state data on live births and deaths.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2023
  • So black holes must also have entropy, and Hawking was the first to calculate that entropy.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The philosopher typed in a program to calculate the 83rd number in the Fibonacci sequence.
    — George Musser, Scientific American, 11 May 2023
  • Thankfully, your sun sign should be easy to calculate: just take a look at the dates for each sun sign, and figure out where your birthday falls.
    — Madison Feller, ELLE, 30 June 2023
  • Import recipes from other websites, and the app will calculate the calories.
    — Good Housekeeping, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The way that works is the lender calculates interest based on the amount of your loan balance on the due date for a particular payment.
    — Jim Slavik, Car and Driver, 4 Apr. 2023
  • There's a ton of number crunching Indianapolis Colts fans can do to calculate all the ways the team can make it to the postseason for the first time since 2020.
    — Justin L. MacK, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024
  • That information was used to calculate the distance the Moon was drifting from the Earth around 2.46 billion years ago.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The effect of any of these factors, much less the interplay between them, within any unique body and mind is hard to calculate.
    — Mark Hay, Men's Health, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The total weight of all donations will be calculated at the end of the fair, with first, second, third place and cash prizes awarded to the fairs that collect the most food at the end of the summer.
    — Staff Report, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2023
  • This Barbie will ask you when and where you were born and calculate your astrological Big Three on the first date.
    — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 5 Apr. 2023
  • True costs are impossible to calculate, even beyond the 2,000 or more who have died.
    — John Branch Jim Wilson, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2023
  • When the final score was calculated, Herro finished ninth among East guards.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Medical debt in collections is also no longer used in calculating credit scores by Vantage, a big credit scoring firm.
    — Next Avenue, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2025

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