reckon
/'rekən/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To calculate or compute: To determine by mathematical means or to count.
- To consider or regard: To hold a particular opinion or belief about someone or something.
- To expect or suppose: To think or believe that something is true or will happen.
- To take into account: To include something in one's plans or calculations.
Examples of Usage
- To calculate:
- I need to reckon the total cost before we proceed.
- Can you reckon how many people attended the event?
- To consider or regard:
- She is reckoned to be one of the finest artists of her generation.
- I reckon him a trustworthy friend.
- To expect or suppose:
- I reckon it will take about an hour to get there.
- "Do you think she'll come?" "I reckon so."
- To take into account:
- You must reckon with the possibility of bad weather.
Advanced Usage
- "to reckon on/upon (something/someone)": To rely on or expect something to happen.
- We are reckoning on your support for the project.
- You can't reckon upon the bus being on time.
- "to reckon with (someone/something)": To consider someone or something as a significant factor that must be dealt with.
- He is a powerful opponent, and not someone to be reckoned with lightly.
- The company had to reckon with new regulations.
- "to reckon without (someone/something)": To fail to consider a person or factor, often leading to problems.
- They planned a picnic but reckoned without the sudden thunderstorm.
Variants and Related Words
- Reckoning (noun):
- The action of calculating or estimating something. By my reckoning, we should arrive by noon.
- A settlement of accounts, or a time when past actions are judged. He feared the day of reckoning for his mistakes.
Synonyms
- Calculate, compute, figure: (for the mathematical sense).
- Consider, deem, regard, judge: (for the opinion sense).
- Suppose, believe, think, imagine, guess: (for the expectation sense).
- Anticipate, factor in: (for the sense of taking into account).
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Reckon up: To add up or calculate a total.
- Could you reckon up the bill, please?
- Reckon in: To include something in a calculation.
- Did you reckon in the cost of delivery?
Related Idioms
- A force to be reckoned with: A person or thing considered powerful and significant.
- The new player is a real force to be reckoned with on the field.
- Dead reckoning: A method of calculating one's position based on a previously known location, used in navigation.
- The sailors used dead reckoning to chart their course.
Verb
- take account of
- You have to reckon with our opponents
- Count on the monsoon
- 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
- make a mathematical calculation or computation
- 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
- judge to be probable
- 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