1. reckon(v = verb.cognition) guess, imagine, opine, suppose, think - 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"
is one way to anticipate, expect
Sample sentences:
They reckon that there was a traffic accident
2. reckon(v = verb.cognition) calculate, count on, estimate, figure, forecast - judge to be probable;
is one way to evaluate, judge, pass judgment
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
3. reckon(v = verb.cognition) consider, regard, see, view - 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"
is one way to believe, conceive, consider, think
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP
4. reckon(v = verb.cognition) calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, work out - make a mathematical calculation or computation;
is one way to reason
Derived forms noun reckoner1, noun reckoning1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
5. reckon(v = verb.cognition) bet, calculate, count, depend, look - 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"
is one way to bank, rely, swear, trust
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
6. reckon(v = verb.cognition) count - take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon"
is one way to approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s PP
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." [1913 Webster]
"I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church." [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." [1913 Webster]
"For him I reckon not in high estate." [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." [1913 Webster]
"Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime." [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. [1913 Webster]
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]
"After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them." [1913 Webster]
reckon, v.
1 tr. count or compute by calculation.
2 tr. (foll. by in) count in or include in computation.
3 tr. (often foll. by as or to be) consider or regard (reckon him wise; reckon them to be beyond hope).
4 tr. a (foll. by that + clause) conclude after calculation; be of the considered opinion. b colloq. (foll. by to + infin.) expect (reckons to finish by Friday).
5 intr. make calculations; add up an account or sum.
6 intr. (foll. by on, upon) rely on, count on, or base plans on.
7 intr. (foll. by with) a take into account. b settle accounts with.
Idiom:
reckon up
1 count up; find the total of.
2 settle accounts. to be reckoned with of considerable importance; not to be ignored.
Etymology:
OE (ge)recenian f. WG