Sekirov Dictionary

reckon

/ˈɹɛkən/

verb 7
noun 1
forms 6
phrases 7

verb7

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To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
- then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain — 1611
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(Commonwealth, informal) to think that something is probably true
- I reckon he won't try that again.
- I’ve just heard from the repairman: it's going to cost £1000. I'd reckoned it’d be £500 at most.
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To reckon with something or somebody or not, i.e. to reckon without something or somebody: to take into account, deal with, consider or not, i.e. to misjudge, ignore, not take into account, not deal with, not consider or fail to consider; e.g. reckon without one's host
- There are hardships that nobody reckons; There are valleys unpeopled and still; There’s a land—oh, it beckons and beckons, And I want to go back—and I will. — 1907
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To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute.
- He was reckoned among the transgressors — 1611
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To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
- […] faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. — 1611
To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
To come to an accounting; to draw up or settle accounts; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.

noun1

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(informal) An impression or opinion.
- Shaggy asked him, ' 'Ow dew yew a reckon on your turnips, Fred?' — 2009

forms

reckon'd · reckoned · reckoning · reckoneth · reckons · reckonest

Phrases with reckon

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