adj
Meaning 1
Having the ability to calculate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- an early calculating device
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
calculating
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adj
Meaning 2
Serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of calculate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
used of persons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the most calculating and selfish men in the community
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: сметачен (smetačen) — having the ability to calculate
- Hungarian: számoló — having the ability to calculate
- Japanese: 計算可能な (keisan kanōna) — having the ability to calculate
- Bulgarian: пресметлив (presmetliv) — serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner
- Finnish: laskelmoiva — serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner
- Hungarian: számító — serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner
- Japanese: 計算高い (keisandakai) — serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner
- Portuguese: calculista — serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner
- Portuguese: maquiavélico — serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner
- Spanish: calculador — serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner
- Spanish: maquiavélico — serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner
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