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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. carefully thought out in advance;
- Example: "a calculated insult"
- Example: "with measured irony"
[syn: deliberate, calculated, measured]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Calculated \Cal"cu*la`ted\, p. p. & a. 1. Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball. [1913 Webster] 2. Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or forethought to accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to deceive the people; a calculated response. [1913 Webster] 3. Likely to produce a certain effect, whether intended or not; fitted; adapted; suited. [1913 Webster] The only danger that attends multiplicity of publication is, that some of them may be calculated to injure rather than benefit society. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] The minister, on the other hand, had never gone through an experience calculated to lead him beyond the scope of generally received laws. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

calculated adj 1: carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony" [syn: deliberate, calculated, measured]