different between calculate vs numeracy
calculate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin calcul?tus, perfect passive participle of calcul? (“I reckon, originally by means of pebbles”), from calculus (“a pebble”). Refer to calculus for origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kælkj?le?t/, /?kælkj?le?t/
- Hyphenation: cal?cu?late
Verb
calculate (third-person singular simple present calculates, present participle calculating, simple past and past participle calculated)
- (transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
- (intransitive, mathematics) To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
- (intransitive, US, dialect) To plan; to expect; to think.
- To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of.
- To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end.
- a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Advantages of Religion to particular Persons
- [Religion] is […] calculated for our benefit.
- a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Advantages of Religion to particular Persons
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (determine value of or solution to): compute, reckon (old), work out
- (determine values or solutions): compute, reckon (old)
Derived terms
- backcalculate
- calculating
Related terms
- calculation
- calculus
- calculator
- incalculable
Translations
Further reading
- calculate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- calculate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “calculate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Latin
Verb
calcul?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of calcul?
- "calculate ye, compute ye"
- (figuratively) "consider ye as, esteem ye"
Participle
calcul?te
- vocative masculine singular of calcul?tus
calculate From the web:
- what calculates net worth
- what calculates gdp
- what calculates total tax
- what calculates your credit score
- what calculates stock price
- what calculates bmi
- what calculates snap score
- what calculates your rising sign
numeracy
English
Etymology
Blend of numerical +? literacy, coined in 1959 by the UK Committee on Education, presided over by Sir Geoffrey Crowther.
Noun
numeracy (countable and uncountable, plural numeracies)
- The quality of being numerate; numerical skill.
Antonyms
- innumeracy
Translations
References
numeracy From the web:
- what numeracy covers
- what numeracy means
- what numeracy skills
- what numeracy and literacy
- what numeracy elements are associated with arches
- numeracy what matters statements
- numeracy what works
- what does numeracy mean
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