12 definitions found for reckon

reckon v 1: expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up" [syn: think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess] 2: judge to be probable [syn: calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast] 3: deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" [syn: see, consider, reckon, view, regard] 4: make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn: calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure] 5: have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis" [syn: count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon] 6: take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon" [syn: reckon, count]

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reckon O.E. gerecenian "to recount, relate," from W.Gmc. *garekenojanan, from *rekenaz "ready, rapid." Perhaps ultimately from the root of O.E. reccan (see reckless). I reckon, used parenthetically, is now dialectal, but dates from 1603. Reckoning is early 14c.

reckon verb (reckoned; reckoning) Etymology: Middle English rekenen, from Old English -recenian (as in gerecenian to narrate); akin to Old English reccan Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. count <reckon the days till Christmas> b. estimate, compute <reckon the height of a building> c. to determine by reference to a fixed basis <the existence of the United States is reckoned from the Declaration of Independence> 2. to regard or think of as ; consider 3. chiefly dialect think, suppose <I reckon I've outlived my time — Ellen Glasgow> intransitive verb 1. to settle accounts 2. to make a calculation 3. a. judge b. chiefly dialect suppose, think 4. to accept something as certain ; place reliance <I reckon on your promise to help>

reckon
v.
1 tr. count or compute by calculation.
2 tr. (foll. by in) count in or include in computation.
3 tr. (often foll. by as or to be) consider or regard (reckon him wise; reckon them to be beyond hope).
4 tr. a (foll. by that + clause) conclude after calculation; be of the considered opinion. b colloq. (foll. by to + infin.) expect (reckons to finish by Friday).
5 intr. make calculations; add up an account or sum.
6 intr. (foll. by on, upon) rely on, count on, or base plans on.
7 intr. (foll. by with) a take into account. b settle accounts with.
Phrases and idioms:
reckon up
1 count up; find the total of.
2 settle accounts. to be reckoned with of considerable importance; not to be ignored.
Etymology: OE (ge)recenian f. WG

reckon (reckons, reckoning, reckoned) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you reckon that something is true, you think that it is true. (INFORMAL) Toni reckoned that it must be about three o'clock... = think VERB: V that 2. If something is reckoned to be a particular figure, it is calculated to be roughly that amount. The star's surface temperature is reckoned to be minus 75 degrees celcius... There was a proportion of research, which I reckoned at not more than 30 percent, that was basic research. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed to-inf, be V-ed at n

RECKON To reckon with one's host; to make an erroneous judgment in one's own favour. To cast-up one's reckoning or accounts; to vomit.

Reckon Reck"on, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reckoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Reckoning.] [OE. rekenen, AS. gerecenian to explain; akin to D. rekenen to reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rahnjan), and to E. reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably being, to bring together, count together. See Reck, v. t.] 1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. The priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain. --Lev. xxvii. 18. I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church. --Addison. 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. He was reckoned among the transgressors. --Luke xxii. 37. For him I reckon not in high estate. --Milton. 3. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value. Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. --Rom. iv. 9. Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime. --Hawthorne. 4. To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause; as, I reckon he won't try that again. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] Syn: To number; enumerate; compute; calculate; estimate; value; esteem; account; repute. See Calculate, Guess.

Reckon Reck"on, v. i. 1. To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing. --Shak. 2. To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty. ``Parfay,'' sayst thou, ``sometime he reckon shall.'' --Chaucer. To reckon for, to answer for; to pay the account for. ``If they fail in their bounden duty, they shall reckon for it one day.'' --Bp. Sanderson. To reckon on or upon, to count or depend on. To reckon with, to settle accounts or claims with; -- used literally or figuratively. After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. --Matt. xxv. 19. To reckon without one's host, to ignore in a calculation or arrangement the person whose assent is essential; hence, to reckon erroneously.

reckon I. v. a. 1. Count, number, compute, calculate, enumerate, cast, cast up. 2. Estimate, esteem, account, regard, repute, value. II. v. n. Compute, calculate, estimate, cast account.

reckon ˈrekən v. 1 Often, reckon up. calculate, compute, add (up), figure (up), tally (up), sum up, total (up), work out or up: If you reckon up the bill, I'll pay it at once. 2 include, count, number, enumerate, list, name, consider, account, judge, deem, look upon, regard, view, think of, hold, gauge, estimate, appraise, value, rank, rate, class: I have always reckoned Arthur as being among my closest friends. 3 suppose, think, assume, presume, dare say, venture, imagine, fancy, consider, conclude, be of the opinion, US or colloq guess: She reckoned that no one could accuse her of idle chatter. 4 reckon on or upon. count on, rely on, depend on, lean on, trust in, take for granted, Colloq bank on: I was reckoning on your help, and I hope you won't disappoint me. 5 reckon with. a settle (accounts) with, take care of, look after, see or attend to, deal with, handle, pay attention to, think about: I have to go now, but I'll reckon with you later. b take into account or consideration, consider, contemplate, account for, remember, bear in mind: He thought he had got away with it, but he failed to reckon with Inspector Harris of the CID.

139 Moby Thesaurus words for "reckon": account, account as, account for, add, add up, algebraize, appraise, appreciate, approximate, assess, assume, attend to, bank on, be afraid, bear in mind, believe, calculate, call, cast, cipher, class, compute, conceive, conclude, conjecture, consider, contemplate, count, count on, daresay, deal with, deduce, deem, depend on, divide, divine, dope out, dream, enumerate, esteem, estimate, evaluate, expect, extract roots, fancy, feel, figure, figure in, figure out, figure up, foot, form an estimate, gather, gauge, give an appreciation, grant, guess, handle, have a hunch, have an idea, have an impression, have an inkling, have the idea, hold, hold as, imagine, include, infer, judge, lean on, let, let be, list, look after, look upon, look upon as, maintain, make an estimation, mark, measure, multiply, name, number, opine, pay attention to, place, prefigure, presume, presuppose, presurmise, prize, provisionally accept, put, rank, rate, reckon up, reckon with, regard, rely on, remember, repute, say, score, see to, set down as, settle accounts with, subtract, sum, sum up, suppose, surmise, suspect, take, take account of, take care of, take for, take for granted, take into account, take into consideration, take it, take to be, tally, tally up, think, think about, think of, total, total up, trow, trust in, understand, valuate, value, venture, view, view as, ween, work out, work up