reckon
verb /ˈrekən/
/ˈrekən/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they reckon | /ˈrekən/ /ˈrekən/ |
| he / she / it reckons | /ˈrekənz/ /ˈrekənz/ |
| past simple reckoned | /ˈrekənd/ /ˈrekənd/ |
| past participle reckoned | /ˈrekənd/ /ˈrekənd/ |
| -ing form reckoning | /ˈrekənɪŋ/ /ˈrekənɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] reckon (that)… (especially British English, informal) to think something or have an opinion about something
- I reckon (that) I’m going to get that job.
- He'll be famous one day. What do you reckon (= do you agree)?
- It's worth a lot of money, I reckon.
- ‘They'll never find out.’ ‘You reckon?’ (= I think you may be wrong about that)
Synonyms thinkthinkTopics Opinion and argumentb2- believe
- feel
- reckon
- be under the impression
- think to have an idea that something is true or possible, although you are not completely certain; to have a particular opinion about somebody/something:
- Do you think (that) they’ll come?
- Well, I like it. What do you think?
- believe to have an idea that something is true or possible, although you are not completely certain; to have a particular opinion about somebody/something:
- Police believe (that) the man may be armed.
- feel to have a particular opinion about something that has happened or about what you/somebody ought to do:
- We all felt (that) we were unlucky to lose.
- reckon (informal) to think that something is true or possible:
- I reckon (that) I’m going to get that job.
- be under the impression that… to have an idea that something is true:
- I was under the impression that the work had already been completed.
- to think/believe/feel/reckon/be under the impression that…
- It is thought/believed/reckoned that…
- to be thought/believed/felt/reckoned to be something
- to think/believe/feel something about somebody/something
- to sincerely/honestly/seriously/mistakenly think/believe/feel
- be reckoned[transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses) to be generally considered to be something
- be reckoned to be/have something Children are reckoned to be more sophisticated nowadays.
- + noun/adj. It was generally reckoned a success.
- [transitive] reckon to do something (British English, informal) to expect to do something
- We reckon to finish by ten.
- He wasn’t reckoning to pay so much.
- [transitive] to calculate an amount, a number, etc.
- reckon something I could see him reckoning the cost as I spoke.
- be reckoned at something The age of the earth is reckoned at about 4.6 billion years.
- My debts were reckoned at $12 000.
- reckon (that)… They reckon (that) their profits are down by at least 20%.
- it is reckoned that… It is generally reckoned that about half of all job vacancies are never advertised publicly.
- be reckoned to do something The journey was reckoned to take about two hours.
- The trip was reckoned to take over two days.
Word OriginOld 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”.
Idioms
a name to conjure with (British English)
- (North American English a name to reckon with)a person or thing that is well known and respected in a particular field
- Miyazaki is still a name to conjure with among anime fans.
- (humorous) used when you mention a name that you think is difficult to remember or pronounce
- He comes from Tighnabruaich—now there's a name to conjure with!
a name to reckon with (North American English)
(British English a name to conjure with)
- a person or thing that is well known and respected in a particular field
- Miyazaki is still a name to reckon with among anime fans.