Associations to the word «Calculated»

Wiktionary

CALCULATED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of calculate
CALCULATED, adjective. Produced by calculation
CALCULATED MISTAKE, noun. An intentional error, usually to avoid some worse outcome, especially when done as a ruse.

Dictionary definition

CALCULATED, adjective. Carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky