calculation

noun

ˌkal-kyə-ˈlā-shən How to pronounce calculation (audio)
Definition of calculationnext
as in math
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value by my calculation, it should take me a month to save up for the weekend getaway

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Recent Examples of calculation Of course, calculations, even highly precise ones, are not enough. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026 To keep these decisions manageable, companies simplify them before calculation begins. — Carsten Polenz, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026 New calculations could impact the size of monthly Social Security checks in 2027, following the latest inflation report. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026 Raiola, the director of sports and entertainment group at PKF O’Connor Davies, cautions that the actual transaction is much more complicated than his calculations suggest. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for calculation
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  1. math
  2. arithmetic
  3. computation
Noun
  • Eighth grade math scores in APS improved by 10 points between 2024 and 2026.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • What is presented as a surplus is political math, the short-term cash-basis budget view that governments use (like your checkbook).
    — Sheila Weinberg, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of math
Noun
  • NurPhoto via Getty Images Anthropic has quietly joined the frontier labs designing their own chips, a shift driven less by escaping Nvidia than by the arithmetic of serving billions of tokens a day.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • That arithmetic has become increasingly difficult for Japan to fight.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 1 July 2026
Definition of arithmetic
Noun
  • It's born from combining advances across science, engineering and computation in ways that make previously impractical technologies commercially viable.
    — Cyrus Wadia, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The Maxwell Ratings playoff projections are based on a Monte Carlo simulation, a computation of random sampling used to predict outcomes, of the 2026 season.
    — Loren Maxwell, AJC.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of computation

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