recalculate

verb

re·​cal·​cu·​late (ˌ)rē-ˈkal-kyə-ˌlāt 

recalculated; recalculating; recalculates

transitive + intransitive

: to calculate again

recalculated the price with the discount applied

It allows a single program to perform more than one task at a time. For example, a spreadsheet … could recalculate in the background while you continue entering new data.

—Jackie Fox

Examples of recalculate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Liabilities are constantly recalculated to account for fresh costs, when investments rally or drop, or assumptions change. —Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 17 Nov. 2024

So far, the district has only finished recalculating ranks at Anderson High School, Reach said. —Keri Heath, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Feb. 2024

The deficit is recalculated every year based upon the shortfall or surplus each month. —Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024

In the upper-left corner of the screen, just above the score, each team’s chance of winning the game is expressed as a percentage—a whole number, reassuring in its roundness, that is recalculated after every at-bat. —Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above