calculation

calcul

Action d’utiliser des nombres pour trouver une quantité ou une réponse.

En anglais simple : The process of using numbers to work out an amount or answer.

• This task requires careful calculation.
• Mental calculation becomes easier with practice.
• The calculation of interest takes several steps.

Synonymes : reckoning

Expressions courantes : mental calculation, calculation of something, careful calculation

calcul

Quantité ou réponse obtenue en faisant des opérations avec des nombres.

En anglais simple : An amount or answer found by working with numbers.

• Your calculation is correct.
• I checked the calculations twice.
• Her calculation showed a total of fifty dollars.

Synonymes : sum

Expressions courantes : correct calculation, check a calculation, wrong calculation

estimation, calcul

Évaluation d’une quantité, d’une durée ou d’un résultat à partir des informations disponibles.

En anglais simple : A judgment about an amount, time, or result based on the information you have.

• By my calculation, we need ten chairs.
• A rough calculation puts the cost at two hundred dollars.
• According to her calculations, we should arrive before lunch.

Synonymes : estimate, reckoning

Expressions courantes : by my calculation, rough calculation, according to calculation

prévision, calcul

Attente concernant ce qui va se passer, fondée sur la situation.

En anglais simple : An expectation about what will happen, based on the situation.

• His calculation was that voters wanted change.
• Their calculation proved mistaken when support disappeared.
• The decision rested on a calculation that prices would rise.

Comment l'utiliser : calculation that… (Her calculation was that demand would grow.)

Synonymes : expectation, judgment

Expressions courantes : political calculation, calculation that something, strategic calculation