calculated
calculated is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or forethought to accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to deceive the people.
- 2.Likely to produce a certain effect, whether intended or not; fitted; adapted; suited. The only danger that attends multiplicity of publication is, that some of them may be calculated to injure rather than benefit society. Goldsmith. The minister, on the other hand, had never gone through an experience calculated to lead him beyond the scope of generally received laws. Hawthorne.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- advisedly
- affect
- aforethought
- aid
- all
- applicability
- aptitude
- aptness
- beforehand
- bend
- bent
- bias
- bid
- blood
- carry
- cast
- cold
- conatus
- concert
- conclusion
- conduce
- conducive
- conduciveness
- contribute
- cunning
- deliberately
- direction
- dispose
- drift
- fair
- fate
- for
- foredoom
- grain
- gravitate
- humor
- idiocrasy
- idiosyncrasy
- inclination
- incline
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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