What part of speech is calculating?

Calculating can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. calculating is a verb, gerund of calculate (infinitive).
  • 2. calculating is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more calculating
    most calculating
  • Positive: calculating 
  • Comparative: more calculating
  • Superlative: most calculating

Adjective to adverb

What does calculating mean?

Definitions

Adjective

calculating - used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"

Verb

calculate - make a mathematical calculation or computation
calculate - judge to be probable
calculate - specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
calculate - keep an account of
calculate - predict in advance
calculate - have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis"

Noun

calculating - The act or process of making mathematical computations or of estimating results.

Examples of calculating

#   Sentence  
1. adj. The most calculating and selfish men in the community.
2. verb If you need more, there is a proposal from the documentation committee for a new alternative for calculating termination amounts (we heard about it in Amsterdam) that I think will be particularly attractive to the energy markets.
3. verb This tug-of-war over calculating economic values is the one that ultimately will have to be decided by humans, because animals and plants can adjust only so much.
4. verb Computers can be thought of as mere calculating machines.
5. verb He doesn't check his figures when he's calculating.
6. verb Primitive calculating machines existed long before computers were developed.
7. verb Calculating the risk which is involved in the event of failure, he demanded a show-down with the other party.
8. verb He is shrewd and calculating.
9. verb Tom is calculating his salary.
10. verb I am calculating my salary.
11. verb We are calculating the benefits.
12. verb Tom didn't want to waste any more time calculating how much time had been wasted.
13. verb Tom is cunning and calculating.
14. verb Layla was a cold calculating brutal murderer.
15. verb The abacus is a calculating tool.
16. verb The first calculating tool of mankind is called an abacus.
Sentence  
adj.
The most calculating and selfish men in the community.
verb
If you need more, there is a proposal from the documentation committee for a new alternative for calculating termination amounts (we heard about it in Amsterdam) that I think will be particularly attractive to the energy markets.
This tug-of-war over calculating economic values is the one that ultimately will have to be decided by humans, because animals and plants can adjust only so much.
Computers can be thought of as mere calculating machines.
He doesn't check his figures when he's calculating.
Primitive calculating machines existed long before computers were developed.
Calculating the risk which is involved in the event of failure, he demanded a show-down with the other party.
He is shrewd and calculating.
Tom is calculating his salary.
I am calculating my salary.
We are calculating the benefits.
Tom didn't want to waste any more time calculating how much time had been wasted.
Tom is cunning and calculating.
Layla was a cold calculating brutal murderer.
The abacus is a calculating tool.
The first calculating tool of mankind is called an abacus.

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