reckon up
reckon up verb: to add up; count up; compute the amount of; tally; come to an accounting of.
Verb
reckon up (third-person singular simple present reckons up, present participle reckoning up, simple past and past participle reckoned up)
- To add up; count up; compute the amount of; tally; come to an accounting of.
- Of the Anabaptiſts, the ſame Author [Alexander Ross] Sect. 12. reckons up a great many different Sects, as the Mancerians, the Separatiſts, the Cathariſts, the Apoſtolicks, the Enthuſiaſts, the Silentes, the Adamites, the Liberi, the Hutites, the Melchioriſts, the Menoniſts, the Beucheldians, the...1735, [Richard Challoner], “Of [Martin] Luther’s Quarrel with Carlostadius [i.e., Andreas Karlstadt], and of the Divisions That Insued Thereupon amongst Protestants: […]”, in A Short History of the...
- How many things are there which I ought to reckon up, that I have neglected; and how many others are there, which, if I did reckon them up, would overwhelm me with confusion. The grocer has given me a subject that I shall do well to pursue.1851, The Sunday School Teachers' Magazine, page 60
- To harshly criticize.
- We reckoned him up pretty bad.
- To perceive (reckon) (someone or something).
- I reckoned him up as a troublemaker at first glance.
Forms of reckon up
| third-person singular present | reckons up |
|---|---|
| present participle | reckoning up |
| past participle | reckoned up |
| past | reckoned up |
Questions about reckon up
- What does reckon up mean?
- Reckon up means to add up; count up; compute the amount of; tally; come to an accounting of.
- What part of speech is reckon up?
- Reckon up is a verb.
- What is the past tense of reckon up?
- The past tense of reckon up is reckoned up.
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