calculated

calculated
[[t]kæ̱lkjʊleɪtɪd[/t]]
1) ADJ: v-link ADJ to-inf If something is calculated to have a particular effect, it is specially done or arranged in order to have that effect.

Their movements through the region were calculated to terrify landowners into abandoning their holdings...

These tracks were calculated to be controversial and attract attention to the album.

Syn:
designed
2) ADJ-GRADED: with brd-neg, v-link ADJ to-inf If you say that something is not calculated to have a particular effect, you mean that it is unlikely to have that effect.

German names were not calculated to attract patrons to America's movie theaters in 1941...

Such a statement was hardly calculated to deter future immigrants.

Syn:
3) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n You can describe a clever or dishonest action as calculated when it is very carefully planned or arranged.

Irene's use of the mop had been a calculated attempt to cover up her crime.

...a calculated and coherent strategy for winning power.

4) ADJ: ADJ n If you take a calculated risk, you do something which you think might be successful, although you have fully considered the possible bad consequences of your action.

The President took a calculated political risk in throwing his full support behind the rebels.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • calculated — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ done with awareness of the likely consequences. DERIVATIVES calculatedly adverb …   English terms dictionary

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