calculate

berechnen, ausrechnen

Eine Zahl oder Menge mithilfe mathematischer Verfahren ermitteln.

In einfachem Englisch: To find a number or amount by using mathematics.

• Can you calculate the total?
• She calculated the cost of the trip.
• The program calculates how much tax you owe.

So benutzt man es: calculate how much… (We calculated how much paint we needed.)

Synonyme: work out, compute

Häufige Wendungen: calculate the cost, calculate the total, calculate a percentage

abschätzen, kalkulieren

Die Fakten sorgfältig abwägen, um einzuschätzen, was passieren wird oder was man tun sollte.

In einfachem Englisch: To judge what will happen or what to do by carefully thinking about the facts.

• We must calculate the risks carefully.
• She calculated that nobody would notice her absence.
• They had calculated how the public would react.

So benutzt man es: calculate that… (He calculated that leaving early would avoid trouble.)

Synonyme: judge, reckon, estimate

Häufige Wendungen: calculate the risks, calculate that something, calculate your chances

beabsichtigen, konzipieren

Etwas mit der Absicht oder Erwartung planen, dass es eine bestimmte Wirkung hat.

In einfachem Englisch: To intend or expect something to produce a particular result.

• The joke was calculated to offend.
• Her speech was calculated to win public support.
• Every detail had been calculated to impress the guests.

So benutzt man es: be calculated to do something (His remarks were calculated to upset her.)

Synonyme: intend, design

Häufige Wendungen: calculate to impress, calculate to offend

berechnen

Mithilfe von Zahlen oder Sternpositionen berechnen, wann oder wie etwas geschehen wird.

In einfachem Englisch: To work out when or how something will happen using numbers or the positions of stars.

• Astronomers calculate the next eclipse.
• The astrologer calculated a horoscope for the child.
• They calculated when the planet would appear again.

Synonyme: compute, predict

Häufige Wendungen: calculate an eclipse, calculate a horoscope

rechnen mit

Erwarten, dass etwas passiert, und seine Pläne darauf aufbauen.

In einfachem Englisch: To expect something to happen and make plans based on that expectation.

• We calculate on your help.
• She had calculated on finding the door open.
• They had not calculated on such heavy rain.

So benutzt man es: calculate on someone/something (We calculated on his support.); calculate on doing something (They calculated on arriving before dark.)

Synonyme: count on, expect, reckon on

Häufige Wendungen: calculate on something, calculate on help

anpassen, ausrichten

Etwas sorgfältig so entwerfen oder vorbereiten, dass es einen bestimmten Zweck erfüllt.

In einfachem Englisch: To carefully design or prepare something so that it serves a particular purpose.

• They calculated the system for public safety.
• The laws were carefully calculated for a growing nation.
• He calculated every part of the scheme for that purpose.

So benutzt man es: calculate something for something (They calculated the rules for the needs of a small community.)

Synonyme: adapt, design, tailor

Häufige Wendungen: calculate for something, calculate a system