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reckon (rek′ən)

transitive verb

  1. to count; figure up; compute
    1. to consider as; regard as being reckon them friends
    2. to judge; consider; estimate
  3. 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

  1. to count up; figure
  2. Informal to depend or rely (on) reckoning on good weather
  3. Informal to think; suppose

reckon Related Forms
reck′·oner noun
reckon Idioms

reckon with

  1. to balance or settle accounts with
  2. to take into consideration
reckon Synonyms

reckon

v.

compute, consider, figure, calculate, enumerate, count, evaluate, judge, regard; see also estimate 1, 2. See syn. study at calculate.

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.