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Meaning of 'reckon' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Reckon [ v. i.]
- To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
- 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.
2 . Reckon [ v. t.]
- To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
- 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.
- To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
- 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.

Meaning of 'reckon' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . reckon [ v]
Meaning (1):
- take account of
Example in sentence:
  • Count on the monsoon;
  • You have to reckon with our opponents
Meaning (2):
- have faith or confidence in
Example in sentence:
  • Depend on your family in times of crisis;
  • Look to your friends for support;
  • You can bet on that!;
  • you can count on me to help you any time
Meaning (3):
- expect, believe, or suppose
Example in sentence:
  • he didn't think to find her in the kitchen;
  • I guess she is angry at me for standing her up;
  • I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel;
  • I thought to find her in a bad state
Meaning (4):
- deem to be
Example in sentence:
  • I consider her to be shallow;
  • I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do;
  • She views this quite differently from me

Nearby Words:

recadency recalcitrant recalcitrate recalcitration recall recallable recallment recant recantation recanted

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