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temple accordingly.<br />

calculated<br />

adj. 1 arranged, designed, planned, prepared, adjusted,<br />

adapted, fit, fitted, intended, suited: <strong>The</strong> coach was<br />

calculated to carry six regular passengers. 2 deliberate,<br />

purposeful, intentional, premeditated, planned: <strong>The</strong> so-called<br />

accident was really a calculated attempt to kill me.<br />

calculating<br />

adj. shrewd, conniving, crafty, sly, scheming, designing,<br />

Machiavellian, manipulative, canny, contriving: She is a<br />

calculating woman, who knows what she wants and manoeuvres<br />

people to help her get it.<br />

calculation<br />

n. 1 computation, reckoning, counting, estimation, figuring,<br />

determining: We needn't number them one by one, for the total<br />

can be arrived at by calculation. 2 answer, product, result,<br />

figure, count, estimate, amount: This calculation is wrong, so<br />

please do it again. 3 estimate, forecast, expectation,<br />

prediction, deliberation; circumspection, cautiousness,<br />

wariness, caution, prudence, forethought, discretion: His<br />

attack was not the inspiration <strong>of</strong> courage but the result <strong>of</strong><br />

calculation.<br />

calculator<br />

n. computer, adding machine; abacus: According to my<br />

calculator, the answer should be 7.1592.<br />

calendar n. 1 appointment book, schedule, slate, Brit diary, US<br />

date-book, US law docket: I have next week's lunch date in my<br />

calendar. 2 almanac, chronology, chronicle, annal(s): <strong>The</strong><br />

ecclesiastical calendar lists today as St David's Day.<br />

calibrate v. adjust, graduate; standardize: This balance has been<br />

dropped on the floor, and you'll have to calibrate it again.<br />

calibre n. 1 diameter, size, bore, gauge: You need a .38 calibre<br />

bullet to fit a .38 calibre pistol. 2 merit, ability, talent,<br />

capability, competence, capacity, quality, strength, stature:<br />

<strong>The</strong>y should be playing against a team <strong>of</strong> their own calibre. 3<br />

degree, measure, stamp, quality: I doubt that you will find

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