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Definition of RECKON

1

to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement <tried to reckon the size of the crowd at the stadium>

Synonyms calculate, call, conjecture, figure, gauge (also gage), guess, judge, make, place, put, reckon, suppose

Related Words conclude, deduce, extrapolate, gather, infer, reason, understand

Near Antonyms calibrate, measure, scale; compute, work out

2

chiefly dialect  to have as an opinion <I reckon you must be new to these parts>

Synonyms allow [chiefly Southern & Midland], conceive, consider, deem, esteem, feel, figure, guess, hold, imagine, judge, reckon [chiefly dialect], suppose, think

Related Words regard, view; accept, perceive; depend, rely, trust; assume, presume, presuppose, surmise; conclude, deduce, infer

Near Antonyms distrust, doubt, mistrust, question, suspect; disbelieve, discredit, reject

3

to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations <reckoned the runner's pace by dividing her finishing time by the race distance>

Synonyms cipher, compute, figure, reckon, work out

Related Words add up, average, sum, tally, total, totalize; add, divide, multiply, subtract; allow (for), deduct, factor (in or into or out), figure in; figure out, solve (for); count, itemize, number; calibrate, gauge (also gage), measure, scale; assess, appraise, estimate, evaluate, rate, value; recalculate, recompute, refigure

4

to place reliance or trust <don't reckon on being provided with low-cost housing if you take a summer job there>

Synonyms calculate, count, lean, reckon, rely

Related Words commit, confide, entrust (also intrust), trust

Near Antonyms distrust, mistrust, question, suspect

5

to think of in a particular way <he was reckoned among the great heroes of his time>

Synonyms account, call, count, esteem, hold, look (on or upon), rate, reckon, regard, set down, view

Related Words believe, deem, feel, sense, think; conceive, fancy, imagine