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reckoningreck‧on‧ing /ˈrekənɪŋ/ noun  - By Silva's reckoning, property owners in the city could save $91,000 in bills.
- It was not until well into 1917 that the reckoning came.
- On a conservative reckoning she would have to live at least another fifty years in this bland and dreary universe.
- This reckoning sometimes takes bitter forms.
- What happens if there's an assault on me to be taken into the reckoning?
- When the day of reckoning finally arrived, the truth was found to lie well in the middle ground between these extremes.
► day of reckoning We know that you will not forget their crimes when their day of reckoning comes. ► final reckoning In the final reckoning, the president failed to achieve his major goals. ADJECTIVE► dead· Most of our navigation was pure pilotage and dead reckoning over unfamiliar, sometimes hostile territory and some very bad weather. ► final· In the final reckoning, truth is restored.· This last trip was a final reckoning. VERB► come· Yet, while Foinavon was indisputably lucky, bravery and skill also came into the reckoning.· Tom Watson came into the reckoning after also carding a 66 in the third round. ► the day of reckoning- But on the day of reckoning a divided Kurdistan could be a fatally weakened one.
- If they do that they will merely be putting off the day of reckoning.
- The idea of training hard for the jump was soon shelved and the day of reckoning drew nearer.
- The smoke and sound told her the day of reckoning had begun.
- When the day of reckoning finally arrived, the truth was found to lie well in the middle ground between these extremes.
- Yet year by year, the day of reckoning grows closer, and nothing is being done.
1[uncountable] calculation that is based on a careful guess rather than on exact knowledgeby somebody’s reckoning By my reckoning, we have 12,000 clients.2[countable usually singular, uncountable] a time when you are judged or punished for your actions, or when they have results that affect you: We know that you will not forget their crimes when their day of reckoning comes. In the final reckoning, the president failed to achieve his major goals.3in/into/out of the reckoning British English among or not among those who are likely to win or be successful, especially in sport: He had a knee injury, which put him out of the reckoning. → dead reckoning |