calculated
- adjective
- /ˈkæl.kjʊ.leɪ.tɪd/
- His calculated remarks during the meeting were designed to persuade the audience.
And you need an environment where those calculated risks are encouraged.
- And you need an environment where those calculated risks are encouraged.
- South, keep your head on straight, make calculated decisions, don't act on impulse.
- And that might seem more like cold and calculated, but it it's love.
- The universe rewards calculated risk and passion.
- So they're just doing really calculated investments.
- Foucault calls the penal system a subtle, calculated technology of subjection.
- But when it came to post, like that's a much more calculated thing.
- So yeah, it's sort of an illusion, the chaos of the movie, a very calculated illusion.
- So every decision by you has to be calculated.
- I think it's very calculated risk, methodical approach.
- So definitely calculated composition, and there's an end to it.
- Is a high end Paul Billiards player actually mentally calculated?
Examples
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South, keep your head on straight, make calculated decisions, don't act on impulse.
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The universe rewards calculated risk and passion.
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And you need an environment where those calculated risks are encouraged.
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I think it's very calculated risk, methodical approach.
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Catalyst took the calculated risk and ordered his ships to attack.
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But these guys are not just tenacious, they're smart and calculated and purposeful.
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Foucault calls the penal system a subtle, calculated technology of subjection.
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She made a calculated decision to invest in the growing tech sector.
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The team's calculated strategy led to a successful project completion.
Synonyms
Done on purpose after careful thought
Arranged before it happens on purpose
Planning actions carefully to gain personal advantage
Planned and not done by accident
Made for a certain purpose
Careful and slow in action or speech
Antonyms
How Deliberate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Calculated comes from the old word calculus, which meant a 'small stone' used for counting and is the same origin as calculator. Think of someone counting stones or using a calculator to plan each move. So, a calculated action is one done on purpose after careful thought.