Calculate
Calculate verb - To have in mind as a purpose or goal.
Usage example: I calculate to run a marathon from start to finish—even if it kills me
Look
Look verb - To have in mind as a purpose or goal.
Usage example: they were looking to make a fast buck
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Of course, now you can simply look up the weather on the Internet, but then you wouldn't be able to calculate where the sun is in the meridian and...
Source: Talk About the Weather - The further it's allowed to look ahead and the more time it's given to calculate moves, the more challenging it becomes for the human player to win.
Source: Computers Are Fast -
Colosson from That Mitchell and Webb Look is a robot designed to calculate whether or not a number is Numberwang.
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Look and Calculate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/calculate/look
Calculate & Look. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/calculate/look>.
Look or Calculate. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/calculate/look.
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