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Calculation: meaning, example and synonyms

Calculationn. Careful, often self-serving planning to gain an advantage; also the act of reckoning.

Flashcard for Calculation (noun): careful, often self-serving planning to gain an advantage; also the act of reckoning. Example: Critics suspected that the merchant's sudden generosity toward the guild reflected cold calculation rather than kindness, since a contract vote loomed. Synonyms: scheming, strategy, design, reckoning. Antonyms: spontaneity, impulse, sincerity, naivety. Memory tip: Cold calculation = counting up what you will gain before you act. Illustration: a man in a dark suit seated alone at a chessboard by lamplight, chin on hand, coolly studying the pieces as he plans several moves ahead.

Example

Critics suspected that the merchant's sudden generosity toward the guild reflected cold calculation rather than kindness, since a contract vote loomed.

Part of speech
noun
Synonyms
scheming, strategy, design, reckoning
Antonyms
spontaneity, impulse, sincerity, naivety
Memory tip
Cold calculation = counting up what you will gain before you act.

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Check yourself: Calculation in context

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Question 1

Her apparent warmth toward the rival firm's executives was pure ______: she needed their support for the merger and intended to discard them once it closed.

Question 2

Historians debate whether the general's retreat was panic or shrewd ______, since by withdrawing he lured the enemy into a valley where his reserves waited.

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