Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɹɛkən/
reckon (reckons, present participle reckoning; past and past participle reckoned)
- To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Leviticus 27:18 ↗:
- then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain
- 1705 (revised 1718), Joseph Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy
- {I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church.
- 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.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Isaiah 53:12 ↗:
- He was reckoned among the transgressors
- 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes
- For him I reckon not in high estate Whom long descent of birth, Or the sphere of fortune, raises
- To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
- 1611, King James Version, Romans 4:9
- […] faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
- Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime.
- 1611, King James Version, Romans 4:9
- (colloquial) 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.
- 1611, King James Version, Romans 8:18
- For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
- 1611, King James Version, Romans 6:11
- Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin.
- 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.g. reckon without one's host
- (intransitive) To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
- To come to an accounting; to draw up or settle accounts; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.
- Parfay," sayst thou, sometime he reckon shall."
- French: compter, calculer
- German: berechnen, errechnen, rechnen, ausrechnen, zusammenrechnen
- Portuguese: contar, calcular
- Russian: счита́ть
- Spanish: contar, calcular, censar
- French: compter, estimer
- German: abschätzen, kalkulieren
- Portuguese: estimar
- Russian: счита́ть
- Spanish: contar
- Portuguese: julgar, considerar
- Spanish: atribuir, adjudicar
- French: estimer, considérer
- German: schätzen, vermuten, mutmaßen, rechnen mit
- Portuguese: concluir, considerar
- Russian: полага́ть
- Spanish: suponer, concluir, tantear, estimar
- Spanish: calcular
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