Definition of reckoning
2
:a settling of accounts
- day of reckoning
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:a summing up
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Examples of reckoning in a Sentence
I was more than $10 off in my reckoning.
When the day of reckoning comes, we will have to face some unpleasant truths.
Our football team hardly comes into the reckoning.
Because of his injury, he is out of the reckoning.
The team is still in the reckoning.
Recent Examples of reckoning from the Web
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Carson’s arrival brought with it a reckoning for career employees: Yes, this person was really in charge.
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By some reckonings, there were few places that should have been as sweet to watch a total solar eclipse than St. Joseph.
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But political scientists and hate group researchers say that a sense of reckoning is dawning on many Americans.
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Uber had its moment of reckoning this year after a former engineer published a blog post exposing the sexism and wrongdoing that underlied the $70 billion company’s corporate culture.
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Whatever Koeman decides to do with yet another prodigious young talent from Everton's academy, Dowell has all the makings of a man determined to force his way into the reckoning at Goodison and follow in the footsteps of his fellow stars.
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Rebecca Lynn, a general partner at Canvas Ventures, believes a reckoning is coming.
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By Manager Terry Collins’s reckoning, the Mets needed to win 51 of their final 76 games after the All-Star break in order to claw their way back into postseason contention after a disappointing first half of the 2017 season.
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The costs to rebuild the city, the U.N says, will run into the billions, and a full reckoning of the dead will take months while civil defense crews clear the rubble.
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First Known Use of reckoning
14th century
reckoning Synonyms
Synonyms
appraisal, appraisement, assessment, estimation, evaluation, estimate, valuationRelated Words
calculation, computation, measurement, mensuration; audit, check, checkup, examination, inspection, review, scan, scrutiny, survey; reassessment, transvaluation; overestimation, overevaluation; underestimationLearn More about reckoning
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