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calc

1

[ kalk ]

noun

, Informal.
  1. a calculator, especially a small portable one.


calc-

2
  1. a combining form of calcareous: calc-tufa.
  2. variant of calci- before a vowel: calcic.

calc.

3

abbreviation for

  1. calculate.

calc-

combining_form

  1. a variant of calci-
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of calc1

By shortening

Origin of calc2

< German Kalk lime < Latin calc- (stem of calx ) lime, limestone; calx, chalk
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Example Sentences

I hain't made a cent of profit f'r two months, and I calc'late on a profit of two hunderd and fifty a month.

I don't want to burn you, and I calc'late the figger you're payin' is clost to bein' fair.

And yit—sounds mighty funny, too—I calc'late to be as fond of Marthy as ever I was.

"Calc'late to," said Scattergood, and thereby rather took Mr. Siggins's breath.

Howsumever, we tightened her up a bit, an' calc'lated she'd hold through.

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