calculation

calcolo

Procedimento che usa i numeri per trovare una quantità o una risposta.

In inglese semplice: The process of using numbers to work out an amount or answer.

• This task requires careful calculation.
• Mental calculation becomes easier with practice.
• The calculation of interest takes several steps.

Sinonimi: reckoning

Espressioni comuni: mental calculation, calculation of something, careful calculation

calcolo

Quantità o risposta ottenuta facendo operazioni con i numeri.

In inglese semplice: An amount or answer found by working with numbers.

• Your calculation is correct.
• I checked the calculations twice.
• Her calculation showed a total of fifty dollars.

Sinonimi: sum

Espressioni comuni: correct calculation, check a calculation, wrong calculation

stima, calcolo

Valutazione di una quantità, di un tempo o di un risultato basata sulle informazioni disponibili.

In inglese semplice: A judgment about an amount, time, or result based on the information you have.

• By my calculation, we need ten chairs.
• A rough calculation puts the cost at two hundred dollars.
• According to her calculations, we should arrive before lunch.

Sinonimi: estimate, reckoning

Espressioni comuni: by my calculation, rough calculation, according to calculation

previsione, calcolo

Aspettativa su ciò che accadrà, basata sulla situazione.

In inglese semplice: An expectation about what will happen, based on the situation.

• His calculation was that voters wanted change.
• Their calculation proved mistaken when support disappeared.
• The decision rested on a calculation that prices would rise.

Come si usa: calculation that… (Her calculation was that demand would grow.)

Sinonimi: expectation, judgment

Espressioni comuni: political calculation, calculation that something, strategic calculation