reckon

UK /ˈɹɛkən/ US /ˈɹɛkən/
verb 5noun 2

Definitions

verb

1

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain

I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church.

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

For him I reckon not in high estate Whom long descent of birth, Or the sphere of fortune, raises

3

To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.

[…] faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime.

4

To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause

I reckon he won't try that again.

I’ve just heard from the repairman: it's going to cost £1000. I'd reckoned it’d be £500 at most.

5

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

There are hardships that nobody reckons; There are valleys unpeopled and still; There’s a land—oh, it beckons and beckons, And I want to go back—and I will.

noun

1

An impression or opinion.

Shaggy asked him, ' 'Ow dew yew a reckon on your turnips, Fred?'

I wouldn't get much of an idea what the site was like until daylight but it was close to the cook fires and the food stalls and entertainment tents so, my reckons it was perfect.

noun

1

Alternative form of rackan (“chain”).

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