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
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- reckon with
- reckon without