reckon — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

   Usage

   • Commonwealth usage

   Examples

   then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain

   I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church.

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   For all the king counted and pointed and reckoned, he could not find as much as a hair of them missing.

2. 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.

   Usage

   • Commonwealth usage

   Examples

   He was reckoned among the transgressors

   For him I reckon not in high estate Whom long descent of birth, Or the sphere of fortune, raises

3. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.

   Usage

   • Commonwealth usage

   Examples

   […] faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

   Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime.

4. To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause

   Usage

   • Commonwealth usage
   • Colloquial

   Examples

   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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   For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

   Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin.

   The working life span of a passenger carriage, on average, is between 30 and 35 years, so a steady replacement takes place quite naturally. The life span of a station, however, cannot be so easily reckoned, for it depends largely on the rehabilitation and upkeep of the existing structures.

   "Game over," Waddicor warns. "Look at the fuel gauge. Someone's forgotten to fill up." The heavily laden train has come from Freightliner's Maritime Terminal in Southampton's western docks. Waddicor reckons there might not be enough diesel in the tank to complete the journey.

5. 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

   Usage

   • Commonwealth usage

   Examples

   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.

6. To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.

   Usage

   • Commonwealth usage
   • Intransitive

7. 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.

   Usage

   • Commonwealth usage

Noun

1. An impression or opinion.

   Usage

   • Commonwealth usage
   • Informal

   Examples

   Shaggy asked him, ' 'Ow dew yew a reckon on your turnips, Fred?'

   More examples (2)

   I wouldn't get much of an idea what the site was like until daylight but it was close to the cook fires and the food stalls and entertainment tents so, my reckons it was perfect.

   I have beckoned vigorously & my reckons have passed into a vast sea of stones, rearing the strong feelings, the dawn of light emerged; surfacing the depths of the deep & the depths was beckoning coldly.

   Here's my reckon on mass incarceration.

Verb

1. expect, believe, or suppose

   Synonyms

   thinkopinesupposeimagineguess

   Broader terms

   expectanticipate

   Examples

   I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel

   I thought to find her in a bad state

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   he didn't think to find her in the kitchen

   I guess she is angry at me for standing her up

2. judge to be probable

   Synonyms

   calculateestimatecount onfigureforecast

   Broader terms

   evaluatepass judgmentjudge

3. deem to be

   Synonyms

   seeconsiderviewregard

   Broader terms

   thinkbelieveconsiderconceive

   Examples

   She views this quite differently from me

   I consider her to be shallow

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   I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do

4. make a mathematical calculation or computation

   Synonyms

   calculateciphercyphercomputework outfigure

   Broader terms

   reason

5. have faith or confidence in

   Synonyms

   countbetdependswearrelybanklookcalculate

   Broader terms

   trust

   Examples

   you can count on me to help you any time

   Look to your friends for support

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   You can bet on that!

   Depend on your family in times of crisis

6. take account of

   Synonyms

   count

   Broader terms

   estimategaugeapproximateguessjudge

   Examples

   You have to reckon with our opponents

   Count on the monsoon