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English word

calculate

B2Frequent NGSL-2
UK /ˈkælkjuleɪt/US /ˈkælkjuleɪt/
verb

to use numbers to find out a total number, amount, distance, etc.

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When the work came back, I calculated grades.

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

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You have said that you have calculated that the amount of battery production that the world needs for sustainability is 300 terawatt-hours of batteries.

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Calculate how much it costs to bring either the photons from space solar power—you know—back to Earth, or the raw material back to Earth...

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