'Reckon' definitions:
Definition of 'reckon'
(from WordNet)
verb
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" [syn: think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess]
verb
verb
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" [syn: see, consider, reckon, view, regard]
verb
Make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn: calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure]
verb
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" [syn: count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon]
verb
Take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon" [syn: reckon, count]
Definition of 'Reckon'
From: GCIDE
- Reckon \Reck"on\ (r[e^]k"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reckoned (r[e^]k"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reckoning.] [OE. rekenen, AS. gerecenian to explain; akin to D. rekenen to reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rehhan[=o]n (cf. Goth. rahnjan), and to E. reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably being, to bring together, count together. See Reck, v. t.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. [1913 Webster]
- The priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain. --Lev. xxvii. 18. [1913 Webster]
- I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- He was reckoned among the transgressors. --Luke xxii. 37. [1913 Webster]
- For him I reckon not in high estate. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value. [1913 Webster]
- Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. --Rom. iv. 9. [1913 Webster]
- Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
- 4. 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. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To number; enumerate; compute; calculate; estimate; value; esteem; account; repute. See Calculate, Guess. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Reckon'
From: GCIDE
- Reckon \Reck"on\, v. i.
- 1. To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- "Parfay," sayst thou, "sometime he reckon shall." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- To reckon for, to answer for; to pay the account for. "If they fail in their bounden duty, they shall reckon for it one day." --Bp. Sanderson.
- To reckon on To reckon upon, to count or depend on; to include as a factor within one's considerations.
- To reckon with, (a) to settle accounts or claims with; -- used literally or figuratively. (b) to include as a factor in one's plans or calculations; to anticipate. (c) to deal with; to handle; as, I have to reckon with raising three children as well as doing my job. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. --Matt. xxv. 19. [1913 Webster]
- To reckon without one's host, to ignore in a calculation or arrangement the person whose assent is essential; hence, to reckon erroneously. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reckon'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account,
- account as,
- account for,
- add,
- add up,
- algebraize,
- appraise,
- appreciate,
- approximate,
- assess,
- assume,
- attend to,
- bank on,
- be afraid,
- bear in mind,
- believe,
- calculate,
- call,
- cast,
- cipher,
- class,
- compute,
- conceive,
- conclude,
- conjecture,
- consider,
- contemplate,
- count,
- count on,
- daresay,
- deal with,
- deduce,
- deem,
- depend on,
- divide,
- divine,
- dope out,
- dream,
- enumerate,
- esteem,
- estimate,
- evaluate,
- expect,
- extract roots,
- fancy,
- feel,
- figure,
- figure in,
- figure out,
- figure up,
- foot,
- form an estimate,
- gather,
- gauge,
- give an appreciation,
- grant,
- guess,
- handle,
- have a hunch,
- have an idea,
- have an impression,
- have an inkling,
- have the idea,
- hold,
- hold as,
- imagine,
- include,
- infer,
- judge,
- lean on,
- let,
- let be,
- list,
- look after,
- look upon,
- look upon as,
- maintain,
- make an estimation,
- mark,
- measure,
- multiply,
- name,
- number,
- opine,
- pay attention to,
- place,
- prefigure,
- presume,
- presuppose,
- presurmise,
- prize,
- provisionally accept,
- put,
- rank,
- rate,
- reckon up,
- reckon with,
- regard,
- rely on,
- remember,
- repute,
- say,
- score,
- see to,
- set down as,
- settle accounts with,
- subtract,
- sum,
- sum up,
- suppose,
- surmise,
- suspect,
- take,
- take account of,
- take care of,
- take for,
- take for granted,
- take into account,
- take into consideration,
- take it,
- take to be,
- tally,
- tally up,
- think,
- think about,
- think of,
- total,
- total up,
- trow,
- trust in,
- understand,
- valuate,
- value,
- venture,
- view,
- view as,
- ween,
- work out,
- work up