reckoned
Syllables: reck·oned/ˈɹɛkənd/
reckoned is the simple past and past participle of reckon.
Meaning of reckon
Verb
reckon (third-person singular simple present reckons, present participle reckoning, simple past and past participle reckoned)
- To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
- then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 27:18
- 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.
- He was reckoned among the transgressors1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 53:12
- To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
- […] faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 4:9
- 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.
- 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
- There are hardships that nobody reckons;
There are valleys unpeopled and still;
There’s a land—oh, it beckons and beckons,
And I want to go back—and I will.1907, Robert W. Service, The Spell of the Yukon
- There are hardships that nobody reckons;
- To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
Phrases with reckoned
Questions about reckoned
- What is reckoned the simple past and past participle of?
- Reckoned is the simple past and past participle of reckon.
- How do you pronounce reckoned?
- Reckoned is pronounced /ˈɹɛkənd/.
Words near reckoned in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: reckoned (page history and authors); reckon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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