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RECKON

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Expect, believe, or suppose

Example:

I guess she is angry at me for standing her up

Synonyms:

guess; imagine; opine; reckon; suppose; think

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "reckon" is one way to...):

anticipate; expect (regard something as probable or likely)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reckon"):

suspect (hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sentence example:

They reckon that there was a traffic accident

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a mathematical calculation or computation

Synonyms:

calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "reckon" is one way to...):

reason (think logically)

Verb group:

work out (be calculated)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reckon"):

resolve; solve (find the solution)

capitalise; capitalize (compute the present value of a business or an income)

budget (make a budget)

approximate; estimate; gauge; guess; judge (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time))

survey (plot a map of (land))

integrate (calculate the integral of; calculate by integration)

differentiate (calculate a derivative; take the derivative)

extrapolate; interpolate (estimate the value of)

divide; fraction (perform a division)

multiply (combine by multiplication)

deduct; subtract; take off (make a subtraction)

add; add together (make an addition by combining numbers)

factor; factor in; factor out (resolve into factors)

average; average out (compute the average of)

recalculate (calculate anew)

miscalculate; misestimate (calculate incorrectly)

prorate (divide or assess proportionally)

process (perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information)

extract (calculate the root of a number)

quantise; quantize (apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Also:

reckon (have faith or confidence in)

Derivation:

reckoner (an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines))

reckoning (problem solving that involves numbers or quantities)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Deem to be

Example:

I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do

Synonyms:

consider; reckon; regard; see; view

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "reckon" is one way to...):

believe; conceive; consider; think (judge or regard; look upon; judge)

Verb group:

construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reckon"):

favor; favour (consider as the favorite)

abstract (consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically)

reify (consider an abstract concept to be real)

idealise; idealize (consider or render as ideal)

deem; hold; take for; view as (keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view)

esteem; prise; prize; respect; value (regard highly; think much of)

disesteem; disrespect (have little or no respect for; hold in contempt)

make (consider as being)

capitalise; capitalize (consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses)

appreciate; prize; treasure; value (hold dear)

identify (consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else)

relativise; relativize (consider or treat as relative)

like (feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard)

call (consider or regard as being)

consider (regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem)

include (consider as part of something)

reconsider (consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, with a view to altering it)

reconsider (consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing)

receive (regard favorably or with disapproval)

expect (consider reasonable or due)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 4

Meaning:

Judge to be probable

Synonyms:

calculate; count on; estimate; figure; forecast; reckon

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "reckon" is one way to...):

evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reckon"):

allow; take into account (allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sense 5

Meaning:

Take account of

Example:

Count on the monsoon

Synonyms:

count; reckon

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "reckon" is one way to...):

approximate; estimate; gauge; guess; judge (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 6

Meaning:

Have faith or confidence in

Example:

Depend on your family in times of crisis

Synonyms:

bank; bet; calculate; count; depend; look; reckon; rely; swear

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "reckon" is one way to...):

trust (have confidence or faith in)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Credits

 Context examples: 

Two hours later Alleyne Edricson followed; for he had the tavern reckoning to settle, and many other duties which fell to him as squire of the body.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And they reckon you to be some spy.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The money which I had reckoned upon never came to hand, and a premature examination of accounts exposed my deficit.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By an inspection of the trains, and by reckoning the time.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Klondiker's face took on a contemptuous expression as he said finally, "I reckon there's nothin' in sight to prevent me takin' the dog right here an' now."

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Lady Catherine was reckoned proud by many people he knew, but he had never seen anything but affability in her.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

“Agreed, agreed. I will do my best. I am making a conundrum. How will a conundrum reckon?”

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

She soon learned to think with respect of her own little attic at Mansfield Park, in that house reckoned too small for anybody's comfort.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Our visit to the hospital took more time than we had reckoned on, and the sun had dipped before we came out.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

They published a detailed map of the distributions of solubility for calcium perchlorates for their more optimistic calculations, which they reckoned were closer to the true case, with and without supercooling.

(Simple animals could live in Martian brines, Wikinews)