to reckon
- verb
- /ˈrɛkən/
- UK
- Which means that between all six of us, I reckon I could cook both these.
- reckon, he said
He's writing to you, but I reckon he died in a bad cause.
- He's writing to you, but I reckon he died in a bad cause.
- And these are the same people that reckon they thought I'd killed him.
- But who do you reckon gets the most abuse in the group?
- How many how many banks do you reckon you've robbed?
- Yeah, but it was just, you know, it's just my my wife reckons I've got ADHD.
- Like this is clearly imitating me in some way, But I reckon he's made millions.
- Whereas the English translating I reckon is happening now.
Examples
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I reckon he will come to the party this weekend.
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And do you reckon PSG will follow suit?
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I mean, yeah, I reckon there might be from me as well.
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What do you reckon that is?
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Well, boys, I reckon this is it.
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I reckon you boys are gonna be away from Chicago for a long time.
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-So what do you reckon?
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"Well," he said, finally, "I reckon you might as well give me the pistol."
Fiction book (1992) -
I mean, do you reckon he's into her?
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I reckon we're safe.
Synonyms
To have an opinion or guess about something
To think something is true without full proof
To think something is likely without being sure
To think about something to find an answer
To think something is true without clear proof
To think that someone or something is a certain way
To think something is true without clear proof
To make a rough calculation of how much or how many something is
To imagine something or think about it in a certain way
To think that something is likely to happen
To say what you think about something
Antonyms
How Certain
Surface Forms
Etymology
Reckon comes from an old English idea of 'making an account' or 'telling how many', so think of the simple word count. So to reckon something in everyday speech is to form an opinion or judgment about it.