RECKON


Meaning of RECKON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈre-kən ]

verb

( reck·oned ; reck·on·ing ˈre-kə-niŋ, ˈrek-niŋ)

Etymology: Middle English rekenen, from Old English -recenian (as in gerecenian to narrate); akin to Old English reccan

Date: 13th century

transitive verb

1.

a. : count

reckon the days till Christmas

b. : estimate , compute

reckon the height of a building

c. : to determine by reference to a fixed basis

the existence of the United States is reckon ed from the Declaration of Independence

2. : to regard or think of as : consider

3. chiefly dialect : think , suppose

I reckon I've outlived my time — Ellen Glasgow

intransitive verb

1. : to settle accounts

2. : to make a calculation

3.

a. : judge

b. chiefly dialect : suppose , think

4. : to accept something as certain : place reliance

I reckon on your promise to help

- reckon with

- reckon without

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.