ciphering 1 of 2

noun

as in calculation
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value he wasn't very good at ciphering, but he had excellent language skills

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ciphering

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verb

present participle of cipher
as in calculating
to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations were surprised by how much we had spent on the cruise after we had ciphered out the grand total

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ciphering
  1. calculation
  2. calculating
  3. arithmetic
  4. figuring
  5. math
  6. computing
  7. computation
Noun
  • The calculation includes both parent and student assets, such as money in a savings or investment account, as well as income, including IRA distributions.
    — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 9 July 2026
  • Part of the calculation will hinge on the progress of SpaceX’s competitors, such as Blue Origin.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026
Definition of calculation
Verb
  • The allegations were based on an analysis of the bars using bomb calorimetry, which measures calories by burning food and calculating the amount of heat released, a method that counts every potential calorie.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2026
  • The mortgage rate is important in calculating what monthly payments will be and the total cost of the house over time, but experts point out that's only one of many factors.
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Definition of calculating
Noun
  • The summer arithmetic runs the other way across much of the rich world.
    — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • That arithmetic has become increasingly difficult for Japan to fight.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 1 July 2026
Definition of arithmetic
Verb
  • Roddey wants more money for schools and less for the city, figuring the city can make up funding through utility sales to incoming companies.
    — John Marks, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2026
  • All of the democratic socialist legislators, including then-Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani, were smart enough to stay away, figuring this was not the moment to cheer Hamas, even for those committed to the Palestinian cause.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of figuring
Noun
  • State test scores for the 2025-26 school year are coming back, and Georgia public schools are part of a national pattern of declining reading and math skills.
    — Taylor Carney, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
  • For decades that math was simply the cost of doing business in industries nobody brags about owning.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of math
Verb
  • Microsoft President Brad Smith previously told Semafor the company has broad ambitions for the UAE, seeing it as a gateway for computing power and data storage across the wider region.
    — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 8 July 2026
  • Sovereign cloud is a specialized cloud computing environment designed to ensure an organization’s data, metadata, and infrastructure remain entirely within a specific legal jurisdiction.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 7 July 2026
Definition of computing
Noun
  • The marvel of human intelligence and consciousness, however, did not arise from computation alone.
    — Will Marshall, Time, 7 July 2026
  • The performance gain comes from a computing-in-memory architecture that carries out data storage and computation in the same memory array, reducing delays caused by moving data between separate memory and processing units.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
Definition of computation
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“Ciphering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ciphering. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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