reckon
To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculateTo count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
» I reckon that's a good idea.
Я считаю, это хорошая идея.
Meaning
7 senses(Commonwealth)To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
berechnen, errechnen, rechnen
счита́тьsčitátʹ, подсчи́тыватьpodsčítyvatʹ
(Commonwealth)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.
zurechnen, zu etwas rechnen, zu etwas zählen
счита́тьsčitátʹ
(Commonwealth)To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
zuschreiben, zusprechen, beimessen
(Commonwealth, colloquial)To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause
I reckon he won't try that again.
I’ve just heard from the repairman: it's going to cost £1000. I'd reckoned it’d be £500 at most.
schätzen, vermuten, mutmaßen
полага́тьpolagátʹ, счита́тьsčitátʹ
(Commonwealth)To reckon with something or somebody or not, i.e. to reckon without something or somebody: to take into account, deal with, consider or not, i.e. to misjudge, ignore, not take into account, not deal with, not consider or fail to consider; e.g. reckon without one's host
take account of
(Commonwealth, intransitive)To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
make a mathematical calculation or computation
(Commonwealth)To come to an accounting; to draw up or settle accounts; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.
abrechnen
Examples
102 sentencesI reckon that's a good idea.
ruЯ считаю, это хорошая идея.
I reckon Tom will be interested.
ruЯ полагаю, Том будет заинтересован.
deIch glaube, Tom wird Interesse daran haben.
I reckon you should do it.
I reckon you should do that.
I reckon we should do that.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 5
Origin
From Middle English rekenen, from Old English recenian (“to pay; arrange, dispose, reckon”From Middle English rekenen, from Old English recenian (“to pay; arrange, dispose, reckon”) and ġerecenian (“to explain, recount, relate”); both from Proto-West Germanic *rekanōn (“to count, explain”), from Proto-West Germanic *rekan (“swift, ready, prompt”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to make straight or right”).
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Forms
reckons, reckoning, reckoned, reckonedPhrasal verbs
5 phrasal verbsSynonyms
31 synonyms- take account of:count
- deem to be:seeconsiderviewregard
- judge to be probable:calculateestimatecount onfigureforecast
- expect, believe, or suppose:thinkopinesupposeimagineguess
- make a mathematical calculation or computation:calculateciphercyphercomputework outfigure
- have faith or confidence in:countbetdependswearrelybanklookcalculate
Word family
20 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle