calculating

English

Verb

calculating

1. present participle and gerund of calculate

Adjective

calculating (comparative more calculating, superlative most calculating)

1. (not comparable) Having the ability to calculate.

   an early calculating device

2. (especially of a person) Serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner.
   • 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian‎:

     Following the sentencing, Knutton said: "What sort of person does something so cold and calculating? I did not expect her to go to jail for it. I am just glad it is now all over."

Derived terms

• calculatingly
• uncalculating

Translations

having the ability to calculate

Bulgarian: сметачен (smetačen) Hungarian: számoló (hu) Japanese: 計算可能な (keisan kanōna)

serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner

Bulgarian: пресметлив (bg) (presmetliv) Finnish: laskelmoiva (fi) Hungarian: számító (hu) Japanese: 計算高い (ja) (keisandakai) Portuguese: calculista (pt), maquiavélico (pt) Spanish: calculador (es), maquiavélico