recalculate

verb

re·​cal·​cu·​late (ˌ)rē-ˈkal-kyə-ˌlāt How to pronounce recalculate (audio)
recalculated; recalculating; recalculates

transitive + intransitive

: to calculate again
recalculated the price with the discount applied
It allows a single program to perform more than one task at a time. For example, a spreadsheet … could recalculate in the background while you continue entering new data.Jackie Fox

Examples of recalculate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Payments last for 12 months at a time, and are then recalculated based on changes to financial circumstances. Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 San Diego officials are also lobbying the city’s pension board to consider reducing its roughly $450 million annual pension payment by as much as $100 million by recalculating how quickly its $3 billion in pension debt should be paid off. David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023 The standard deduction is recalculated each year to take inflation into account. Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024 Payments last for 12 month increments and are recalculated annually based on changes to the borrower’s income. Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024 The Education Department, for instance, is drawing out the process of notifying the more than 3.6 million borrowers who were eligible for billions of dollars in immediate relief after their loan repayment timelines were recalculated. Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2024 The AirPods, like a recalculating GPS, seem to come up with an entirely new plan. Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2023 Hennessy held hearings last year on the messy math of how much financial redress is owed, how it should be split between the federal and provincial governments and how the annuity should be recalculated going forward. Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024 Instead, caregivers should recalculate that number and discuss it with their parents. Sarita A. Mohanty, Fortune, 30 Dec. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of recalculate was in 1611

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“Recalculate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recalculate. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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