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reckoning

/ˈɹɛkənɪŋ/

verb

Meaning

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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."

  • 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

  • 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.

Synonyms

account,
calculate,
compute,
enumerate,
esteem,
estimate,
number,
repute,
value

noun

Meaning

  • The action of calculating or estimating something.

    "By that reckoning, it would take six weeks to go five miles."

  • An opinion or judgement.

  • A summing up or appraisal.

  • The settlement of accounts, as between parties.

  • The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions.

  • The bill (UK) or check (US), especially at an inn or tavern.

  • Rank or status.

Synonyms

calculation,
computation