reckon
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reckon¹
- /ˈɹɛkən/
Rhymes with -ɛkən
Where it comes from
From Middle English rekenen, from Old English recenian (“to pay; arrange, dispose, reckon”) and ġerecenian (“to explain, recount, relate”); both from Proto-West Germanic *rekanōn (“to count, explain”), from Proto-West Germanic *rekan (“swift, ready, prompt”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to make straight or right”).
Cognate with Scots rekkin (“to enumerate, mention, narrate, rehearse, count, calculate, compute”), Saterland Frisian reekenje (“to calculate, figure, reckon”), West Frisian rekkenje (“to account, tally, calculate, figure”), Dutch rekenen (“to count, calculate, reckon, charge”), German Low German reken (“to reckon”), German rechnen (“to count, reckon, calculate”), Danish regne (“to calculate”), Swedish räkna (“to count, calculate, reckon”), Norwegian Nynorsk rekna (“to calculate”), Icelandic reikna (“to calculate”), Latin rectus (“straight, right”). See also reck, reach.
verb reckons · reckoning · reckoned · reckin · recken
- To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain
- 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
- To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value. […] faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
- 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 There are hardships that nobody reckons; There are valleys unpeopled and still; There’s a land—oh, it beckons and beckons, And I want to go back—and I will.
- 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.
noun reckons · reckin · recken
- An impression or opinion. Shaggy asked him, ' 'Ow dew yew a reckon on your turnips, Fred?'
reckon²
- /ˈɹɛkən/
Rhymes with -ɛkən
noun reckons
- Alternative form of rackan (“chain”).
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: count, estimate, see, guess, count on, suppose, forecast, regard, view, consider, think, imagine, compute, figure, cypher, cipher
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verb to count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate
| Español | censar |
|---|---|
| Português | contar, calcular |
| Français | compter, calculer |
| Deutsch | berechnen, errechnen, rechnen, ausrechnen, zusammenrechnen |
| Română | calcula, socoti |
| Русский | счита́ть sčitátʹ, подсчи́тывать podsčítyvatʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | tính toán |
verb to count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation
| Português | estimar |
|---|---|
| Français | compter, estimer |
| Deutsch | zurechnen, zu etwas rechnen, zu etwas zählen |
| Русский | счита́ть sčitátʹ |
verb to charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value
| Português | julgar, considerar |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | zuschreiben, zusprechen, beimessen, verleihen, anerkennen |
verb colloquial: to conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose
| Español | tantear |
|---|---|
| Português | concluir, considerar |
| Français | estimer, considérer |
| Deutsch | schätzen, vermuten, mutmaßen, rechnen mit, sich ausrechnen |
| Italiano | reputare, stimare, valutare |
| Русский | полага́ть polagátʹ, счита́ть sčitátʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | tính toán |
verb to come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle
| Español | saldar, finiquitar |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | abrechnen |
Talk about this word "reckon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/reckon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. reckon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/reckon "reckon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/reckon.Cite this
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title = {reckon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reckon},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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