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Reckoning

verb
/ˈɹɛkənɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 1.9

Definitions

1.verbTo count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
2.verbTo count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute.
3.verbTo charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
4.verbTo 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."
5.verbTo 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
6.verbTo make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
7.verbTo 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.
8.nounThe action of calculating or estimating something.
"By that reckoning, it would take six weeks to go five miles."
9.nounAn opinion or judgement.
10.nounA summing up or appraisal.
11.nounThe settlement of accounts, as between parties.
12.nounThe working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions.
13.nounThe bill (UK) or check (US), especially at an inn or tavern.
14.nounRank or status.

Synonyms

accountcalculatecomputeenumerateesteemestimatenumberreputevaluecalculationcomputationcount

Rhymes With

beckoningdekoning
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