reckon

Figure it out

Reckon means to calculate or figure out: I reckon we'll need about three hours.

More loosely, it means to think or suppose: I reckon he's right.

This conversational sense is especially common in British English and American Southern dialects.

To reckon with something is to take it into account or deal with it: a force to be reckoned with.

To reckon on something is to expect or count on it.

think

suppose

Accept as true tentatively

figure · imagine · expect · presume · surmise · consider · conclude · gather · deem · hold

calculate

compute

Determine by calculation

tabulate · figure · count · estimate · quantify · add up · work out · arithmetic · numbers · mathematics

colloquial

y'all

Informal plural you

expect · allow · calculate · imagine · gather · wager · bet · say · think · dialect

evaluate

assess

Judge worth or quality

consider · rate · gauge · estimate · measure · value · regard · esteem · view · rank

reckoning

accountability

Obligation for one's actions

karma · retribution · comeuppance · payback · atonement · justice · settling accounts · final accounting · doom · verdict

Categories
Opposites
belief/estimation

reckondoubt

Lack of firm belief

disbelieve · mistrust · distrust · question · know

certainty

reckonknow

Possess information with certainty

ascertain · verify · confirm · prove · establish

calculation/counting

reckonsubtract

Remove from a sum

discount · deduct · miscalculate · miscount · scale

Phrases
Family

reckoning, reckoned, reckons, reckoner, misreckoning, misreckon, reckonings, unreckoned, reckon with

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Known to kids · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G