reckonverb
uk/ˈrek.ən/us/ˈrek.ən/reckon verb (THINK)
B2 [ I ] informal to think or believe:
I reckon it's going to rain.
[ + (that) ] How much do you reckon (that) it's going to cost?
"Can you fix my car today?" "I reckon not/so (= probably not/probably)."
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- "How old do I reckon she is? I'd say 38." "Spot on."
- She's been promising to pay back the money for six months, but I reckon she's just stringing me along.
- He reckons all policemen are fascists and bullies.
- There was a man on the news last night who reckons we've been visited by beings from other worlds.
- I paid for the tickets and you bought dinner so we're quits, I reckon.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Thinking and contemplating
- -ly
- agonize over/about sth
- chew
- chew sth over
- chew the cud idiom
- chew your cud idiom
- depth
- joined-up thinking
- lateral thinking
- let me see/let's see idiom
- let's see idiom
- puzzle
- rack
- reflect
- take sth into account idiom
- the thought crosses sb's mind idiom
- think sth out
- think sth over
- think sth through
- worry
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reckon verb (CONSIDER)
[ T ] to consider or have the opinion that something is as stated:
I don't reckon much to (US of) their chances of winning (= I do not think they will win).
She was widely reckoned (to be) the best actress of her generation.
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Imagining and conceiving
- a reach of the imagination idiom
- assume
- blue-sky
- conceivable
- conceive
- conceptualize
- dream
- feel
- fertile
- fertility
- foundation
- grant
- look on/upon sb/sth as sth
- mind
- picture
- presumption
- put
- put yourself in sb's place/position/shoes idiom
- riot
- suspicion
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reckon verb (CALCULATE)
[ T ] mainly UK to calculate an amount:
Angela quickly reckoned the amount on her fingers.
The inflation rate is now reckoned to be 10 percent.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Numbering & counting
- absolute value
- cash
- cash up
- count
- count sth out
- counter
- decimal
- decimal point
- decimalization
- headcount
- innumerate
- modulus
- number
- number line
- numerate
- pagination
- reckon sth in
- recount 1
- run
- tot sth up
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Idiom(s)
to be reckoned with
Phrasal verb(s)
reckon sth in
reckon on sth
reckon sth up
reckon with sb/sth
reckon without sth