reckon

reck·on (r

v. reck·oned, reck·on·ing, reck·ons

v.tr.

1. To count or compute: reckon the cost. See Synonyms at calculate.

2. To consider as being; regard as. See Synonyms at consider.

3. Informal To think or assume.

v.intr.

1. To make a calculation; figure.

2. To rely with confident expectancy. See Synonyms at rely.

3. Informal To think or assume.

Phrasal Verbs:

reckon with

To take into account or deal with: a man to be reckoned with.

reckon without

To fail to consider or deal with; ignore.

[Middle English reknen, from Old English gerecenian, to recount, arrange; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

reckon

Verb

1. Informal to be of the opinion: she reckoned she could find them

2. to consider: he reckoned himself a failure

3. to calculate or compute

4. to expect

5. reckon with to take into account: there is this ancestral hatred to reckon with

6. reckon without

7. reckon on or upon to rely on or expect: they can't reckon on your automatic support [Old English (ge)recenian recount]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Verb	1.	reckon - 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" guess, imagine, opine, suppose, think anticipate, expect - regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" suspect - hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks"
	2.	reckon - judge to be probable count on, figure, forecast, estimate, calculate pass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" take into account, allow - allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something; "I allow for this possibility"; "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash"
	3.	reckon - 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" consider, regard, view, see expect - consider reasonable or due; "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed" receive - regard favorably or with disapproval; "Her new collection of poems was not well received" construe, interpret, see - make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" reconsider - consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing; "Won't you reconsider your decision?" reconsider - consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, with a view to altering it include - consider as part of something; "I include you in the list of culprits" think, believe, conceive, consider - judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior" consider - regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem; "Please consider your family" call - consider or regard as being; "I would not call her beautiful" like - feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard; "How did you like the President's speech last night?" relativise, relativize - consider or treat as relative identify - consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else; "He identified with the refugees" favor, favour - consider as the favorite; "The local team was favored" abstract - consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically reify - consider an abstract concept to be real idealise, idealize - consider or render as ideal; "She idealized her husband after his death" deem, take for, view as, hold - keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view; "take for granted"; "view as important"; "hold these truths to be self-evident"; "I hold him personally responsible" esteem, respect, value, prise, prize - regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity" disesteem, disrespect - have little or no respect for; hold in contempt make - consider as being; "It wasn't the problem some people made it" capitalise, capitalize - consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses prize, treasure, value, appreciate - hold dear; "I prize these old photographs"
	4.	reckon - make a mathematical calculation or computation compute, calculate, cipher, cypher, figure, work out math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement reason - think logically; "The children must learn to reason" quantise, quantize - apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor; "Quantize gravity" work out - be calculated; "The fees work out to less than $1,000" extract - calculate the root of a number process - perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information; "The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech" prorate - divide or assess proportionally; "The rent was prorated for the rest of the month" miscalculate, misestimate - calculate incorrectly; "I miscalculated the number of guests at the wedding" recalculate - calculate anew; "The costs had to be recalculated" average out, average - compute the average of factor, factor in, factor out - resolve into factors; "a quantum computer can factor the number 15" add together, add - make an addition by combining numbers; "Add 27 and 49, please!" deduct, subtract, take off - make a subtraction; "subtract this amount from my paycheck" multiply - combine by multiplication; "multiply 10 by 15" fraction, divide - perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?" interpolate, extrapolate - estimate the value of differentiate - calculate a derivative; take the derivative integrate - calculate the integral of; calculate by integration survey - plot a map of (land) estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge - judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" budget - make a budget capitalise, capitalize - compute the present value of a business or an income solve, resolve - find the solution; "solve an equation"; "solve for x" depend, bet, reckon, calculate, count, 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"
	5.	reckon - 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" depend, bet, calculate, count, look rely, trust, swear, bank - have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes"
	6.	reckon - take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon" count estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge - judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"

reckon

verb 1. (Informal) think, believe, suppose, imagine, assume, guess (informal), chiefly U.S., Canad. fancy, conjecture, surmise, be of the opinion

verb 2. consider, hold, rate, account, judge, think of, regard, estimate, count, evaluate, esteem, deem, gauge, look upon, appraise

verb 3. count, figure, total, calculate, compute, add up, tally, number, enumerate

reckon on or upon something rely on, count on, bank on, depend on, hope for, calculate, trust in, take for granted

reckon with something or someone (used in negative constructions) take into account, expect, plan for, anticipate, be prepared for, bear in mind, foresee, bargain for, take cognizance of to be reckoned with powerful, important, strong, significant, considerable, influential, weighty, consequential, skookum Canad.

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