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- [countable, usually singular, uncountable] a time when somebody’s actions will be judged to be right or wrong and they may be punished In the final reckoning truth is rewarded. Officials concerned with environmental policy predict that a day of reckoning will come. Then the time of reckoning came—was it all going to work? Idioms
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Examples of reckoning in a Sentence. I was more than $10 off in my reckoning. When the day of reckoning comes, we will have to face some unpleasant truths. Our football team hardly comes into the reckoning. Because of his injury, he is out of the reckoning. The team is still in the reckoning.
noun [ C or U ] uk / ˈrek. ə n.ɪŋ / us / ˈrek. ə n.ɪŋ /. Add to word list. a calculation that you make: By my reckoning, we should arrive in ten minutes. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Calculations & calculating. algebraic.
reckoning. noun. These are words and phrases related to reckoning. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of reckoning. A reckoning of all outstanding accounts was made.
1. Someone's reckoning is a calculation they make about something, especially a calculation that is not very exact. [...] 2. If you say that you will have a reckoning with someone, you mean that you will face them at some time in the future and punish them for something they have done. [...] 3. See also day of reckoning. More.
What does the noun reckoning mean? There are 16 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun reckoning , two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
noun. count; computation; calculation. the settlement of accounts, as between two companies. a statement of an amount due; bill. an accounting, as for things received or done. Synonyms: retribution, judgment. an appraisal or judgment. Navigation. dead reckoning. day of reckoning.
