be calculated

Definition of be calculated in English English dictionary
calculated: Simple past tense and past participle of calculate
calculated: Produced by calculation
calculated: 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
calculated: carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony"
calculated: If you take a calculated risk, you do something which you think might be successful, although you have fully considered the possible bad consequences of your action
calculated: {s} computed; planned
calculated: or forethought to accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to deceive the people
calculated: If something is calculated to have a particular effect, it is specially done or arranged in order to have that effect. Their movements through the region were calculated to terrify landowners into abandoning their holdings
calculated: past of calculate
calculated: You can describe a clever or dishonest action as calculated when it is very carefully planned or arranged. Irene's cleaning the floor had been a calculated attempt to cover up her crime
calculated: Likely to produce a certain effect, whether intended or not; fitted; adapted; suited
calculated: carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony
calculated: Adapted by calculation, contrivance
calculated: determined by mathematical computation; "the calculated velocity of a bullet"; "a derived value"
calculated: determined by mathematical computation; "the calculated velocity of a bullet"; "a derived value" carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony
calculated: If you say that something is not calculated to have a particular effect, you mean that it is unlikely to have that effect. Such a statement was hardly calculated to deter future immigrants. = likely