{
    "term": "calculation",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the act or process of using numbers to find out an amount",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Cathy did a rough calculation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "By my calculation(s), we made a profit of £20 000 last year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our guess was confirmed by calculation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If your calculations are correct, then we will make a large profit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It turned out that our calculations were incorrect."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She did a rapid calculation in her head."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The calculations are based on average annual data."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We cannot make a precise calculation of the price until we have all the costs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an exact calculation of the amount spent so far"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Maths and measurement"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["accurate", "correct", "exact"],
                "verb + calculation": ["do", "make", "perform"],
                "phrases": ["a method of calculation"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the process of using your judgement to decide what the results would be of doing something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Decisions are shaped by political calculations."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "careful planning for yourself without caring about other people",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an act of cold calculation"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["cold", "cool", "rational"],
                "… of calculation": ["act"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkælkjuˈleɪʃn/",
                "audio": "ca/calculation/calculation__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkælkjuˈleɪʃn/",
                "audio": "ca/calculation/calculation__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin calculatio(n-), from the verb calculare, from calculus ‘a small pebble ’(as used on an abacus)."
}