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MISCALCULATE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does miscalculate mean?

• MISCALCULATE (verb)
The verb MISCALCULATE has 2 senses:

1. judge incorrectly
2. calculate incorrectly

Familiarity information: MISCALCULATE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MISCALCULATE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Judge incorrectly

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

miscalculate; misestimate

Context example:

I had misestimated his determination

Hypernyms (to "miscalculate" is one way to...):

misjudge (judge incorrectly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

miscalculate ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Calculate incorrectly

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

miscalculate; misestimate

Context example:

I miscalculated the number of guests at the wedding

Hypernyms (to "miscalculate" is one way to...):

calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)

Domain category:

arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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