calculate

calculer

Trouver un nombre ou une quantité à l’aide d’opérations mathématiques.

En anglais simple : To find a number or amount by using mathematics.

• Can you calculate the total?
• She calculated the cost of the trip.
• The program calculates how much tax you owe.

Comment l'utiliser : calculate how much… (We calculated how much paint we needed.)

Synonymes : work out, compute

Expressions courantes : calculate the cost, calculate the total, calculate a percentage

estimer, calculer

Examiner soigneusement les faits pour prévoir ce qui arrivera ou décider quoi faire.

En anglais simple : To judge what will happen or what to do by carefully thinking about the facts.

• We must calculate the risks carefully.
• She calculated that nobody would notice her absence.
• They had calculated how the public would react.

Comment l'utiliser : calculate that… (He calculated that leaving early would avoid trouble.)

Synonymes : judge, reckon, estimate

Expressions courantes : calculate the risks, calculate that something, calculate your chances

concevoir, prévoir

Prévoir quelque chose dans l’intention ou l’espoir d’obtenir un résultat précis.

En anglais simple : To intend or expect something to produce a particular result.

• The joke was calculated to offend.
• Her speech was calculated to win public support.
• Every detail had been calculated to impress the guests.

Comment l'utiliser : be calculated to do something (His remarks were calculated to upset her.)

Synonymes : intend, design

Expressions courantes : calculate to impress, calculate to offend

calculer

Utiliser des nombres ou la position des étoiles pour déterminer quand ou comment quelque chose se produira.

En anglais simple : To work out when or how something will happen using numbers or the positions of stars.

• Astronomers calculate the next eclipse.
• The astrologer calculated a horoscope for the child.
• They calculated when the planet would appear again.

Synonymes : compute, predict

Expressions courantes : calculate an eclipse, calculate a horoscope

compter sur

S’attendre à ce que quelque chose arrive et organiser ses projets en conséquence.

En anglais simple : To expect something to happen and make plans based on that expectation.

• We calculate on your help.
• She had calculated on finding the door open.
• They had not calculated on such heavy rain.

Comment l'utiliser : calculate on someone/something (We calculated on his support.); calculate on doing something (They calculated on arriving before dark.)

Synonymes : count on, expect, reckon on

Expressions courantes : calculate on something, calculate on help

adapter, concevoir

Concevoir ou préparer soigneusement quelque chose pour répondre à un objectif précis.

En anglais simple : To carefully design or prepare something so that it serves a particular purpose.

• They calculated the system for public safety.
• The laws were carefully calculated for a growing nation.
• He calculated every part of the scheme for that purpose.

Comment l'utiliser : calculate something for something (They calculated the rules for the needs of a small community.)

Synonymes : adapt, design, tailor

Expressions courantes : calculate for something, calculate a system