different between foresee vs calculate

English

Etymology

From Middle English foreseen, forseen, from Old English fores?on; equivalent to fore- +? see. Similar formations in Dutch voorzien, German vorsehen, Latin pr?vide?.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /f???si/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /f???si?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Verb

foresee (third-person singular simple present foresees, present participle foreseeing, simple past foresaw, past participle foreseen)

1. To be able to see beforehand: to anticipate; predict.
   • 1838, Charles Dickens, The Lamplighter:

     "I foresee in this," he says, "the breaking up of our profession."

2. (obsolete) To provide.
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Vicissitude of Things

     Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life.

Derived terms

• foreseeable

Translations

See also

• forsee
• unforeseen

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)

1. (transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.

2. (intransitive, mathematics) To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
3. (intransitive, US, dialect) To plan; to expect; to think.
4. 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.

5. 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.

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

1. second-person plural present active imperative of calcul?
   1. "calculate ye, compute ye"
   2. (figuratively) "consider ye as, esteem ye"

Participle

calcul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of calcul?tus