to reckon

Examples

• All

• I mean, Charlie Puth, I think needs to reckon with his past.

• We must reckon with the impact of climate change in our future planning.

• Do you reckon we just need to push it down?

• So I think the best way to like reckon with all of that is to make peace with it.

  Rich Roll

• We have a history of comedy in this country that is hard to reckon with now.

• But she understood nothing more than that she had to reckon with the fear, whatever its source.

  Fiction book (1996)

• And so the system for the first time has to reckon and has to act with consequence to the allegations that are being made.

• But we also need to reckon with the abrogation of that project.

  Academic text (1995)

• For almost five decades, Daniel had been a force to be reckoned with.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Thus, the church in Poland was a force to be reckoned with in the struggle to reestablish civil society.

  Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

C

to count

vsto reckon

440 1.5

To include someone or something when making a plan

considers it a matter that must be handled, not only included

W

to weigh

vsto reckon

215 3.7

To think carefully about different things before deciding

treats something as a factor that needs to be addressed or handled

D

to deem

vsto reckon

215 4.6

To think something is a certain way

treats it as a factor that requires action rather than mere judgment

Antonyms

N

to neglect

256 3.8

Fail to care for someone or something you should look after

D

to disregard

119 3.9

Ignore something or someone on purpose

How Significant

to prioritize

• US

77 4.1

to take into account

103 3.2

to consider

∞ 1.1

to reckon

34 4.1

to notice

∞ 1.0

to ignore

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology