reckon

reck|on

W3S2 [ˈrekən] v [T not in progressive]

[: Old English; Origin: gerecenian 'to tell, explain']

1.) spoken especially BrE to think or suppose something

reckon (that)

▪ Do you reckon he'll agree to see us?

▪ The police reckon that whoever killed Dad was with him earlier that day.

▪ 'There's nothing we can do about it.' 'You reckon (=used to express doubt or disagreement) ?'

2.) to guess a number or amount, without calculating it exactly

reckon (that)

▪ We reckon that sitting in traffic jams costs us around $9 billion a year in lost output.

reckon sth to be sth

▪ The average selling price for flats in the area was reckoned to be around £11,000.

3.) [usually passive]

to think that someone or something is a particular kind of person or thing

be reckoned to be sth

▪ The Lowsons were reckoned to be very good farmers.

▪ Moving house is reckoned to be nearly as stressful as divorce.

be reckoned as sth

▪ An earthquake of magnitude 7 is reckoned as a major quake.

4.) formal to calculate an amount

▪ The expression 'full moon' means the fourteenth day of the moon reckoned from its first appearance.

reckon on [reckon on sth] phr v

to expect something to happen, when you are making plans

▪ We were reckoning on a profit of about half a million a year.

reckon on doing sth

▪ I was reckoning on getting at least 60% of the votes.

reckon up [reckon sth<=>up] phr v

to add up amounts, costs etc in order to get a total

= ↑calculate

▪ Pat was reckoning up the cost of everything in her mind.

reckon with / [reckon with sb/sth] phr v

1.) sb/sth to be reckoned with

someone or something that is powerful and must be regarded seriously as a possible opponent, competitor, danger etc

▪ Barcelona will be a force to be reckoned with this season.

▪ The principal was certainly a woman to be reckoned with.

2.) not reckon with sb/sth

to not consider a possible problem when you are making plans

▪ I had not reckoned with the excitement in the popular press.

3.) have sb/sth to reckon with

to have to deal with someone or something powerful

▪ Any invader would have the military might of NATO to reckon with.

reckon without / [reckon without sb/sth] phr v

if you are reckoning without something, you do not expect it and are not prepared for it

▪ They doubted that Fiona could finish the course, but they reckoned without her determination.