English
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Etymology
OE. rekenen, AS. gerecenian to explain; akin to D. rekenen to reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rahnjan), and to E. reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably being, to bring together, count together. See reck.
Pronunciation
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Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�k�n|-�k�n
Verb
en-verb
- To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
#: The priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain. Lev. xxvii. 18.
#: I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church. Addison.
- 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.
#: He was reckoned among the transgressors. Luke xxii. 37.
#: For him I reckon not in high estate. Milton.
- To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
#: Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. Rom. iv. 9.
#: Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime. Hawthorne.
- 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.
- intransitive To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
- To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.
#: Parfay," sayst thou, sometime he reckon shall." Chaucer.
Derived terms
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To reckon for, to answer for; to pay the account for. If they fail in their bounden duty, they shall reckon for it one day." Bp. Sanderson.
To reckon on or reckon upon to count or depend on.
To reckon with, to settle accounts or claims with; -- used literally or figuratively. -- After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. Matt. xxv. 19.
To reckon without one's host, to ignore in a calculation or arrangement the person whose assent is essential; hence, to reckon erroneously.
Synonyms
number
enumerate
compute
calculate
estimate
value
esteem
account
repute
Translations
trans-top|to suppose
Dutch: veronderstellen
trans-mid
Spanish: suponer
trans-bottom
trans-top|to count
Dutch: rekenen tot
trans-mid
Nahuatl: tlapoalli
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See also
calculate
guess
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