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to recalculate

to recalculate

9 3.6
To calculate numbers again to correct or update them
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈkælkeɪt/
translation icon : recalcular
  • I find it interesting that they want to go back three years and recalculate the index.
  • recalculated the coefficients

So we have to recalculate what success means to us.

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Examples

  • To examine the influence of gender on these relationships, the correlations were recalculated for males and females separately.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The engineer had to recalculate the load requirements for the bridge project.

  • So we have to recalculate what success means to us.

    Ed Mylett

  • If so, he'll probably remember the numbers you want or be able to recalculate them.

    Brain Dead (1990)

  • I believe it's time to recalculate the odds.

    31 (2016)

  • I'd like you to recalculate everything in real time.

    Virtuosity (1995)

  • The exit value of your business needs to be recalculated.

    The Gentlemen (2020)

  • Update the spreadsheet every month and recalculate your 12-month average spending.

    Blog text (8)

  • Agent Brock, we're recalculating the coordinates.

    Abduction (2011)

  • We then recalculated the individual predicted spending values and again summed the predictions over the population.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

to refigure
vsto recalculate
1 6.0

To calculate numbers again after a mistake or new information

focuses on working out numbers again to correct or update rather than rearranging data
to recompute
vsto recalculate
  • Specialized
1 4.9

To calculate something again to update or correct it

is a general term for working out numbers again to correct or update results
to retabulate
vsto recalculate
  • Specialized
1 8.1

To calculate numbers again and show them in rows and columns after a mistake

is used for working out numbers again generally, not only for table work
to redetermine
vsto recalculate
6.9

To find or decide something again after checking it

is specifically about working out numbers again to correct or update results

How Significant

to overhaul
35 4.6
to rebase
  • Specialized
1 7.6
to reset
107 2.9
to recalculate
9 3.6
to adjust
317 2.7
tweak
28 3.9

Surface Forms

recalculate infinitive
recalculated past
recalculated past participle
recalculating present participle
recalculates third person singular

Morphology

recalculate = calculate (transparent) = re + calculate

The prefix 're-' straightforwardly adds the meaning 'again' to 'calculate', yielding the sense 'calculate again'.

Etymology

Recalculate is made of re- 'again' and calculate, which comes from the old Latin word calculus meaning 'small stone' used for counting. So think of moving stones to 'count again', and recalculate means to calculate again to correct or update a number.