reckon

IPA: rˈɛkʌn

noun

  • (dialectal) Alternative form of rackan (“chain”) [(UK dialectal, Northern England) A chain or bar drilled with holes to accommodate pot-hooks from which cooking vessels can be suspended over a fire; a pot-hook.]

verb

  • 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.
  • (colloquial) To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause
  • To reckon with something or somebody or not, i.e to reckon without something or somebody: to take into account, deal with, consider or not, i.e. to misjudge, ignore, not take into account, not deal with, not consider or fail to consider; e.g. reckon without one's host
  • (intransitive) To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
  • To come to an accounting; to draw up or settle accounts; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.
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Examples of "reckon" in Sentences

  • I reckon it's going to rain tomorrow based on how cloudy the sky looks
  • Do you reckon we should go out for dinner tonight or just stay in and cook
  • I reckon we'll finish the project by the end of the week if we all work together
  • She reckons that her team will win the championship this year
  • I reckon it's time for us to take a break and relax for a bit

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