recalculate

verb

re·​cal·​cu·​late (ˌ)rē-ˈkal-kyə-ˌlāt How to pronounce recalculate (audio)
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

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Payments are typically required to be recalculated every 12 months, and borrowers who haven’t repaid their balance in full within 20 or 25 years can receive loan forgiveness. Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 After this lump-sum payment is applied, your lender recalculates your monthly payments based on the lower principal amount while keeping your interest rate and loan term unchanged. Mark Dennis, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025 Therefore, the Education Department has a recertification process, a yearly requirement for borrowers enrolled in an IDR plan to update their information to recalculate their monthly payments. Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025 However, all borrowers in IDR must periodically recertify their income to have their monthly payment recalculated. Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for recalculate

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of recalculate was in 1611

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“Recalculate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recalculate. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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