calculating
11calculating — adj. VERBS ▪ be ADVERB ▪ coldly ▪ She caught a coldly calculating glint in the other woman s eye. PHRASES ▪ cold and calculating …
12calculating — [[t]kæ̱lkjʊleɪtɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as calculating, you disapprove of the fact that they deliberately plan to get what they want, often by hurting or harming other people. Northbridge is a cool, calculating and …
13Calculating — Calculate Cal cu*late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Calculater}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Calculating}.] [L, calculatus, p. p. of calculate, fr. calculus a pebble, a stone used in reckoning; hence, a reckoning, fr. calx, calcis, a stone used in gaming, limestone …
14calculating — adjective Date: 1710 1. making calculations < calculating machine > 2. marked by prudent analysis or by shrewd consideration of self interest ; scheming • calculatingly adverb …
15calculating — cal|cu|lat|ing [ˈkælkjuleıtıŋ] adj thinking carefully about how to get exactly what you want, often without caring about anyone else used to show disapproval ▪ He gave her a calculating look …
16calculating — adjective making careful and clever plans to get what you want, without caring about anyone else: a criminal with a cold, calculating mind calculation, noun 1 (C, U) a way of using numbers in order to find out an amount, price, or value: Dee… …
17calculating — adjective a crime that only a calculating mind could have planned Syn: cunning, crafty, wily, shrewd, sly, scheming, devious, designing, conniving, Machiavellian; informal foxy; archaic subtle Ant: ingenuous …
18calculating — /ˈkælkjəleɪtɪŋ / (say kalkyuhlayting) adjective 1. that performs calculations: a calculating machine. 2. shrewd; cautious. 3. selfishly scheming …
19Calculating God — is a 2000 science fiction novel by Robert J. Sawyer. It takes place in the present day and describes the arrival on Earth of sentient aliens. The bulk of the novel covers the many discussions and arguments on this topic, as well as about the… …
20Calculating God — (titre original : Calculating God) est un roman de science fiction du canadien Robert J. Sawyer publié en 2000, traduit en français par Bernadette Emerich en 2005. L ouvrage narre des événements censés se produire à l époque contemporaine et …
