verb · academic
calculate
UK/ˈkælkjʊleɪt/US/ˈkælkjəleɪt/CAL·cu·late
Band 7+task1task2
to use numbers or information to find an answer or amount
Examples
“Researchers calculated the average growth rate from the data.”
“You should calculate the cost before starting the project.”
“The programmer calculated the expected load on the server.”
Band 8 sentence
“Before submitting the proposal, they recalculated the budget to ensure every contingency was covered.”
Collocations
- calculate + the cost
- calculate + the average
- calculate + the likelihood
Word family
calculate verbcalculation nouncalculator nouncalculated adjective
Common mistakes
I calculateed the numbers yesterday.→I calculated the numbers yesterday.
We must calculate about the cost.→We must calculate the cost.
Say it for a higher band
5work out→6compute→7+calculate
Synonyms
work out
compute
Easily confused
estimate
“The contractor provided an estimate for the renovation.”
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