reckon on
phrasal verb
reckoned on; reckoning on; reckons on
: to expect (something) to happen : to plan on (something)
The train was an hour late, which was something we hadn't reckoned on.
She reckoned on winning the election.
Examples of reckon on in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
As such, her characters can’t reach their moments of reckoning on their own.
—
Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
Worryingly, Milan are eight points adrift of the Champions League places and hadn’t reckoned on Lazio, Fiorentina and Bologna being in the mix again this season.
—James Horncastle, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
That’s a dry weight, too, so reckon on upwards of 4,100 pounds after fuel and other fluids are added.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2024
That is underscored by the fact that many right-wing and extremist officials in politics and the judicial system have called for a Supreme Court reckoning on contraception, Schumer said.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 2 June 2024
Fred Prouser—Reuters Five years after the #MeToo movement swept corporate America, a landmark trial scheduled to start this week could have kicked off a new round of reckoning on Wall Street.
—Maria Aspan, Fortune, 2 May 2023
What today’s job numbers show is that the Biden economy is proving much harder to push into recession than the Fed reckoned on.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 7 July 2023
Expect a price rise of around 10 percent versus the 720S (reckon on about $340,000) when the first cars reach showrooms in Q4 of 2023.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2023
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
Worryingly, Milan are eight points adrift of the Champions League places and hadn’t reckoned on Lazio, Fiorentina and Bologna being in the mix again this season.
—James Horncastle, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
That’s a dry weight, too, so reckon on upwards of 4,100 pounds after fuel and other fluids are added.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2024
That is underscored by the fact that many right-wing and extremist officials in politics and the judicial system have called for a Supreme Court reckoning on contraception, Schumer said.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 2 June 2024
Fred Prouser—Reuters Five years after the #MeToo movement swept corporate America, a landmark trial scheduled to start this week could have kicked off a new round of reckoning on Wall Street.
—Maria Aspan, Fortune, 2 May 2023
What today’s job numbers show is that the Biden economy is proving much harder to push into recession than the Fed reckoned on.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 7 July 2023
Expect a price rise of around 10 percent versus the 720S (reckon on about $340,000) when the first cars reach showrooms in Q4 of 2023.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2023
Cite this Entry
“Reckon on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reckon%20on. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share