"calculating" meaning in English

See calculating in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more calculating [comparative], most calculating [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} calculating (comparative more calculating, superlative most calculating)
  1. (not comparable) Having the ability to calculate. Tags: not-comparable Translations (having the ability to calculate): сметачен (smetačen) (Bulgarian), számoló (Hungarian), 計算可能な (keisan kanōna) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-calculating-en-adj-f7ouXBIK Disambiguation of 'having the ability to calculate': 99 1
  2. (especially of a person) Serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner. Tags: especially Categories (topical): Personality Translations (serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner): пресметлив (presmetliv) (Bulgarian), laskelmoiva (Finnish), számító (Hungarian), 計算高い (keisandakai) (Japanese), calculista (Portuguese), maquiavélico (Portuguese), calculador (Spanish), maquiavélico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-calculating-en-adj-lpdKMuD1 Disambiguation of Personality: 10 63 27 Disambiguation of "serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner": 2 98

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} calculating
  1. present participle and gerund of calculate Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: calculate
    Sense id: en-calculating-en-verb-fdjlU6Mg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 11 78

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