calculates
- 1Third-person singular simple present of calculate.
The accountant calculates each client's tax liability by hand.
This software calculates the shortest route between two cities.
Note
The present-tense form used with he, she, it or any singular noun subject. Every other person takes plain calculate. It carries all of the verb's uses. It can be transitive (she calculates the cost) or intransitive (he calculates quickly). It covers the chess player's working-out of moves not yet played. It also has an American dialect sense close to reckon or expect: he calculates he'll stay, meaning he thinks he will.
calculates is a form of calculate
calculate, verb: To determine the value of something or the solution to a problem through a mathematical process. Full entry
- Forms
- calculatecalculates he/she/itcalculating -ing formcalculated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- calculate → calculates: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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