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reckon verb [ ˈrɛk(ə)n ]

• establish by calculation.
• "his debts were reckoned at £300,000"
Similar: calculate, compute, work out, put a figure on, figure, number, quantify, count (up), add up, total, tally, tot up,
• consider or regard in a specified way.
• "the event was reckoned a failure"
Similar: regard as, consider, judge, hold to be, view, think of as, look on as, deem, rate, evaluate, gauge, count, estimate, repute,
• be of the opinion.
• "he reckons that the army should pull out entirely"
Similar: believe, think, be of the opinion, be of the view, be convinced, suspect, dare say, have an idea, have a feeling, imagine, fancy, guess, suppose, assume, surmise, conjecture, consider, figure, ween,
Origin: Old English ( ge)recenian ‘recount, relate’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch rekenen and German rechnen ‘to count (up)’. Early senses included ‘give an account of items received’ and ‘mention things in order’, which gave rise to the notion of ‘calculation’ and hence of ‘being of an opinion’.

a — to be reckoned with

• a thing or person that is not to be ignored or underestimated.
"the trade unions were a political force to be reckoned with"

reckon on

• rely on or be sure of something.
"they had reckoned on a day or two more of privacy"

reckon with

• take something into account.
"they hadn't reckoned with a visit from Charles"

reckon without

• fail to take something into account.
"they reckoned without her courage and determination"



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