reckon

Verb

Synonyms: think opine suppose imagine guess calculate estimate count on figure forecast see consider

WordNet 3.0

Verb (6)

expect, believe, or suppose“I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel”“I thought to find her in a bad state”“he didn't think to find her in the kitchen”“I guess she is angry at me for standing her up”Synonyms: think opine suppose imagine guess
judge to be probableSynonyms: calculate estimate count on figure forecast
deem to be“She views this quite differently from me”“I consider her to be shallow”“I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do”Synonyms: see consider view regard
make a mathematical calculation or computationSynonyms: calculate cipher cypher compute work out figure
have faith or confidence in“you can count on me to help you any time”“Look to your friends for support”“You can bet on that!”“Depend on your family in times of crisis”Synonyms: count bet depend look calculate
take account of“You have to reckon with our opponents”“Count on the monsoon”Synonyms: count

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Reckon \Reck"on\ (r[e^]k"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reckoned (r[e^]k"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reckoning.] [OE. rekenen, AS. gerecenian to explain; akin to D. rekenen to reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rehhan[=o]n (cf. Goth. rahnjan), and to E. reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably being, to bring together, count together. See Reck, v. t.] [1913 Webster]

1.To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. [1913 Webster]

The priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain.— Lev. xxvii. 18.[1913 Webster]

I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

2.To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute. [1913 Webster]

He was reckoned among the transgressors.— Luke xxii. 37.[1913 Webster]

For him I reckon not in high estate.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value. [1913 Webster]

Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.— Rom. iv. 9.[1913 Webster]

Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime.— Hawthorne.[1913 Webster]

4.To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause; as, I reckon he won't try that again. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster]

Syn: To number; enumerate; compute; calculate; estimate; value; esteem; account; repute. See Calculate, Guess. [1913 Webster]

Reckon \Reck"on\, v. i.

1.To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2.To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty. [1913 Webster]

"Parfay," sayst thou, "sometime he reckon shall."— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]

To reckon for, to answer for; to pay the account for. "If they fail in their bounden duty, they shall reckon for it one day." --Bp. Sanderson.

To reckon on To reckon upon, to count or depend on; to include as a factor within one's considerations.

To reckon with, (a) to settle accounts or claims with; -- used literally or figuratively. (b) to include as a factor in one's plans or calculations; to anticipate. (c) to deal with; to handle; as, I have to reckon with raising three children as well as doing my job. [1913 Webster +PJC]

After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.— Matt. xxv. 19.[1913 Webster]

To reckon without one's host, to ignore in a calculation or arrangement the person whose assent is essential; hence, to reckon erroneously. [1913 Webster]