1 to use numbers to find out a total number, amount, distance, etc:
[VN] Use the formula to calculate the volume of the container. * Benefit is calculated on the basis of average weekly earnings. * We haven't really calculated the cost of the vacation yet. * [Vwh-] You'll need to calculate how much time the assignment will take. * [VNthat] It has been calculated that at least 47000 jobs were lost last year.
2 to guess sth or form an opinion by using all the information available:
[Vthat] Conservationists calculate that hundreds of species could be lost in this area. * [Vwh-] It is impossible to calculate what influence he had on her life.
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