'Calculated' definitions:
Definition of 'calculated'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony" [syn: deliberate, calculated, measured]
Definition of 'Calculated'
From: GCIDE
- Calculated \Cal"cu*la`ted\, p. p. & a.
- 1. Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or forethought to accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to deceive the people; a calculated response. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Likely to produce a certain effect, whether intended or not; fitted; adapted; suited. [1913 Webster]
- The only danger that attends multiplicity of publication is, that some of them may be calculated to injure rather than benefit society. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- The minister, on the other hand, had never gone through an experience calculated to lead him beyond the scope of generally received laws. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'calculated'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adapted,
- adjusted,
- advised,
- aimed,
- aimed at,
- arranged,
- blueprinted,
- charted,
- conscious,
- considered,
- contemplated,
- contrived,
- deliberate,
- deliberated,
- designed,
- devised,
- envisaged,
- envisioned,
- figured,
- fit,
- fitted,
- in the works,
- intended,
- intentional,
- knowing,
- meant,
- meditated,
- methodized,
- of design,
- on the agenda,
- on the anvil,
- on the calendar,
- on the carpet,
- on the docket,
- on the tapis,
- organized,
- planned,
- plotted,
- premeditated,
- prepared,
- projected,
- proposed,
- purposed,
- purposeful,
- purposive,
- rationalized,
- reasoned,
- scheduled,
- schematized,
- set,
- shaped,
- strategetic,
- strategic,
- studied,
- suited,
- sur le tapis,
- systematized,
- tactical,
- teleological,
- thought-out,
- voluntary,
- weighed,
- willful,
- witting,
- worked out