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Definition of Reckon
1. Verb. Expect, believe, or suppose. "They reckon that there was a traffic accident "; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
Generic synonyms: Anticipate, Expect
Specialized synonyms: Suspect
Derivative terms: Guess, Guess, Guesser, Opinion, Supposal, Supposition, Thought, Thought
2. Verb. Judge to be probable.
Generic synonyms: Evaluate, Judge, Pass Judgment
Specialized synonyms: Allow, Take Into Account
Derivative terms: Calculable, Calculation, Estimator, Forecast, Forecaster
3. Verb. Deem to be. "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"
Specialized synonyms: Expect, Receive, Reconsider, Reconsider, Include, Consider, Call, Like, Relativise, Relativize, Identify, Favor, Favour, Abstract, Reify, Idealise, Idealize, Deem, Hold, Take For, View As, Esteem, Prise, Prize, Respect, Value, Disesteem, Disrespect, Make, Capitalise, Capitalize, Appreciate, Prize, Treasure, Value
Related verbs: Construe, Interpret, See
Generic synonyms: Believe, Conceive, Consider, Think
Derivative terms: View, View, View
4. Verb. Make a mathematical calculation or computation.
Category relationships: Math, Mathematics, Maths
Generic synonyms: Reason
Specialized synonyms: Quantise, Quantize, Extract, Process, Prorate, Miscalculate, Misestimate, Recalculate, Average, Average Out, Factor, Factor In, Factor Out, Add, Add Together, Deduct, Subtract, Take Off, Multiply, Divide, Fraction, Extrapolate, Interpolate, Differentiate, Integrate, Survey, Approximate, Estimate, Gauge, Guess, Judge, Budget, Capitalise, Capitalize, Resolve, Solve
Related verbs: Work Out
Derivative terms: Calculable, Calculation, Calculation, Calculator, Calculator, Calculus, Cipher, Computation, Computation, Computer, Computer, Cypher, Figure, Figure, Figurer, Figuring, Reckoner, Reckoning
Also: Figure Out
5. Verb. Have faith or confidence in. "Depend on your family in times of crisis"
Generic synonyms: Bank, Rely, Swear, Trust
Derivative terms: Dependency
6. Verb. Take account of. "Count on the monsoon"
Definition of Reckon
1. v. t. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
2. v. i. To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
Definition of Reckon
1. Verb. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. ¹
2. Verb. 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. ¹
3. Verb. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value. ¹
4. Verb. To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause; ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive) To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing. ¹
6. Verb. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reckon
1. to count or compute [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reckon
Literary usage of Reckon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"I reckon it's a niced pretty colour. She reckoned she didn't know the way, ...
I reckon we shall have some downfall, t' kitchen floor's corned out so white. ..."
2. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Thomas, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"CHAPTER LII That a man ought not to reckon himself worthy of consolation, but
more worthy of chastisement 0 LORD, I am not worthy of Thy consolation, ..."
3. The Works of George Berkeley, D.D., Bishop of Cloyne by George Berkeley, John Dewey, Ferdinand Gregorovius, George Sampson, Annie Hamilton, Arthur James Balfour Balfour (1898)
"Rakes cannot reckon. 19. Abilities and success of minute philosophers. 20.
Happy effects of the minute philosophy in particular instances. 21. ..."
4. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"CHAPTER LII That a man ought not to reckon himself worthy of consolation, but
more worthy of chastisement 0 LORD, I am not worthy of Thy consolation, ..."
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