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reckons

reckons is the third-person singular simple present indicative of reckon.

Meaning of reckon

Verb

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

  1. (Commonwealth) 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
  2. (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.
    • He was reckoned among the transgressors1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 53:12
  3. (Commonwealth) 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
    Synonyms:
    value, rate, esteem
  4. (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.
  5. (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
    • 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
  6. (Commonwealth, intransitive) To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
    Synonyms:
    enumerate, compute

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Phrases with reckons

Questions about reckons

What is reckons the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Reckons is the third-person singular simple present indicative of reckon.

Words near reckons in the dictionary

  1. reckoning without one's host
  2. reckonings
  3. reckonize
  4. reckonmaster
  5. reckonmasters
  6. reckons
  7. reckons for
  8. reckons on
  9. reckons out
  10. reckons up
  11. reckons upon

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