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Meaning of reckoning

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

reckoning

Pronunciation:/ˈɹɛkənɪŋ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

  2. 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.

  3. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.

  4. To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause

    Example: I reckon he won't try that again.

noun

Definitions

  1. The action of calculating or estimating something.

    Example: By that reckoning, it would take six weeks to go five miles.

  2. An opinion or judgement.

  3. A summing up or appraisal.

  4. The settlement of accounts, as between parties.