reckon
reckon
Definition
reckon (rek′ən)
transitive verb
- to count; figure up; compute
- to consider as; regard as being reckon them friends
- to judge; consider; estimate
- Informal, Dialectal to think; suppose
Etymology: ME rekkenen < OE -recenian, akin to Ger rechnen, to count < IE base *reĝ-, to put in order, straight > right, L regere, to rule
intransitive verb
- to count up; figure
- Informal to depend or rely (on) reckoning on good weather
- Informal to think; suppose
reck′·oner noun
reckon with
- to balance or settle accounts with
- to take into consideration
reckon
Synonyms
reckon
v.
reckon
Usage Examples
Object
- it's: By introducing these systems and processes, IBM reckons itâs saved several billion dollars from its bottom line.
- righteousness: God reckons righteousness apart from the works of the Torah.
- it's: Michael: [ Very drunk ] Eh aye, I reckon it's a really good idea, like.
- somebody: I reckon somebody prepared to do that must be really desperate to do some work, and they deserve every chance they get.
- I: Wrexham is bulging at the seams with rock bands and I reckoned that on this showing this is one of the best.
- everyone: However, I reckon that everyone was more than happy with the species that we did find.
Preposition: that
- %: The British Heart Foundation reckons that 37 % of cardiac deaths are due to inactivity.
Adjective complement
- most: Focus groups reckoned most of what they needed was there but they didn't always know about it.
Modifying Another Word
- some: Filming will take place in May and June some reckon clips from the Hammersmith shows will appear on it.
- generally: Mark's Gospel is generally reckoned to be written in the 60s of the first century AD.
- tho: It's a bigger task than she reckoned tho.
- still: I still reckon Wales are going to win it.
- always: And I always reckon Snickers is the most ridiculous name ever.
- now: The English reckon the longitude from the meridian of London, and the French now reckon it from the meridian of Paris.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- up: Short term loan A loan for a limited period usually reckoned up to five years.
Used with why or when
- that: In a nutshell he reckoned that art finds its true monetary value from what the experts say.
- when: Obviously major expansion is going to hit profits, but I reckon when they do hit profit, it will be substantial.
Infinitive complement
- have: Of these, 2,000 are reckoned to have injected in the previous six months.
Preposition: in
- term: In former centuries, before today's farmland patterns were established, wealth was reckoned in terms of cows.
Preposition: with
- fact: But we must reckon with the facts, and parliament is a scene of the class struggle.
Browse dictionary entries near reckon
- Recklinghausen
- recklessly
- reckless disregard
- reckless
- reck
- recite
- recitative
- recitation
- recital
- recision
- reckoning
- reclaim
- reclamation
- reclinate
- recline
- recliner
- recluse
- reclusion
- recognition
- recognition and flagging
