Collocations for calculate - verb
1. work out a number, etc.
ADVERB
accurately,
exactly,
precisely
It's difficult to calculate precisely what we've spent.
It's difficult to calculate precisely what we've spent.
mentally
PREPOSITION
according to
The amount is calculated according to the number of years you have paid into the plan.
The amount is calculated according to the number of years you have paid into the plan.
at
The sum involved was calculated at $82 million.
The sum involved was calculated at $82 million.
2. form an opinion using information available
ADVERB
carefully,
shrewdly
correctly
He correctly calculated that the others would not dare fight back.
correctly
He correctly calculated that the others would not dare fight back.
coldly
The incident had been coldly calculated to humiliate him.
The incident had been coldly calculated to humiliate him.
Calculate is used with these nouns as the object:
angle, average, circumference, concentration, cost, density, diameter, distance, duration, earnings, efficiency, estimate, extent, figure, frequency, index, latitude, likelihood, longitude, measure, measurement, move, number, odds, percentage, probability, proportion, rate, ratio, rent, repayment, return, risk, score, size, stress, sum, tax, value, volume
angle, average, circumference, concentration, cost, density, diameter, distance, duration, earnings, efficiency, estimate, extent, figure, frequency, index, latitude, likelihood, longitude, measure, measurement, move, number, odds, percentage, probability, proportion, rate, ratio, rent, repayment, return, risk, score, size, stress, sum, tax, value, volume