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   reckon

   /ˈrɛk(ə)n/

   verb

   • 1. establish by calculation: "his debts were reckoned at £300,000" Similar calculatecomputework output a figure onfigurenumberquantifycount (up)add uptotaltallytot up
   • 2. consider or regard in a specified way: "the event was reckoned a failure" Similar regard asconsiderjudgehold to beviewthink of aslook on asdeemrateevaluategaugecountestimaterepute
   • ▪ include someone or something in (a class or group): "in college he was always reckoned among the brainiest" Similar includecountnumberconsider to bedeem to beregard aslook on astake to be
   • ▪ rate highly: informal British "I don't reckon his chances"
   • 3. be of the opinion: informal "he reckons that the army should pull out entirely" Similar believethinkbe of the opinionbe of the viewbe convincedsuspectdare sayhave an ideahave a feelingimaginefancyguesssupposeassumesurmiseconjectureconsiderinformal:figurearchaic:ween
   • ▪ expect to do a particular thing: "I reckon to get away by two-thirty" Similar expectanticipatehope tobe looking tocount onrely ondepend onbank oncalculate onbe sure oftrust intake for grantedtake as readinformal:figure on

   Word Origin Old English (ge)recenian ‘recount, relate’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch rekenen and German rechnen ‘to count (up)’. Early senses included ‘give an account of items received’ and ‘mention things in order’, which gave rise to the notion of ‘calculation’ and hence of ‘being of an opinion’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • C

     3

   • K

     5

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

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