calculation

Plural: calculations

Noun

• the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
• problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
• planning something carefully and intentionally
• The act or process of calculating.
• The result of calculating.
• Reckoning, estimate.
• An expectation based on circumstances.
• The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.

Examples

• By my calculation, we should be there by midnight.

Synonyms

computation, computing, deliberation, figuring, reckoning, calculation, calculus, ciphering, estimate, evaluation, guess, measurement, reading, sum, supputation

Antonyms

miscalculation, miscomputation, misreckoning

Related Words

calculable, calculate, calculator, calculus