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dead reckon

dead reckon verb: to ascertain (a position) by dead reckoning.

Verb

dead reckon (third-person singular simple present dead reckons, present participle dead reckoning, simple past and past participle dead reckoned)

  1. To ascertain (a position) by dead reckoning.

Forms of dead reckon

third-person singular presentdead reckons
present participledead reckoning
past participledead reckoned
pastdead reckoned

Questions about dead reckon

What does dead reckon mean?
Dead reckon means to ascertain (a position) by dead reckoning.
What part of speech is dead reckon?
Dead reckon is a verb.
What is the past tense of dead reckon?
The past tense of dead reckon is dead reckoned.

Words near dead reckon in the dictionary

  1. dead pool
  2. dead pools
  3. dead president
  4. dead presidents
  5. dead quiet
  6. dead reckon
  7. dead reckoned
  8. dead reckoning
  9. dead reckonings
  10. dead reckons
  11. dead ringer

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