calculator
US /ˈkælkjəˌleɪtɚ/
Definition
an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
She used a calculator to add up the monthly expenses.
Word Family
Collocations
- Easy pocket size solar calculatorto pocket size solar calculator, meaning to put in one's pocket
- Medium online mortgage repayment calculatordescribing online mortgage repayment calculator (on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system)
- Hard programmable financial bond calculatora collocation phrase: programmable financial bond calculator
- Very Hard human calculator performing rapid sumsdescribing human calculator performing rapid sums (any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage)
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