reckoning

noun reck·on·ing \ ˈre-kə-niŋ , ˈrek-niŋ \

|Updated on: 4 Aug 2018

Examples: reckoning in a Sentence

Definition of reckoning

1 : the act or an instance of reckoning: such as

a : account, bill

b : computation

c : calculation of a ship's position

2 : a settling of accounts

day of reckoning

3 : a summing up

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Examples of reckoning in a Sentence

I was more than 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

As hurricane season heats up, threatening thousands of coastal properties with storm surges, homeowners should also mark July 31 as a day of reckoning.

— daniel cusick, Scientific American, "As Hurricane Season Ramps Up, Flood Insurance Program Set to Expire," 11 July 2018
One of these things is the reckoning around our data, our information, our privacy.

— recode staff, Recode, "Full transcript: Fog Creek Software CEO Anil Dash answers all the questions on Too Embarrassed to Ask," 8 July 2018
If More Life was steady and sprawling, Scorpion -- Drake's latest album, released on Friday (June 29) -- is, by contrast, a kind of reckoning.

— juan vidal, Billboard, "Drake's Strikes Back With Double Album 'Scorpion'," 29 June 2018
Facing a moment of reckoning, academics got out in front of the problem and developed a system that protects privacy while still providing rich data sources for researchers.

— BostonGlobe.com, "What Facebook can learn from academia about protecting privacy," 15 June 2018
Soccer's reckoning at the hands of the Justice Department was profound.

— ken bensinger, chicagotribune.com, "If the U.S. doesn't get the 2026 World Cup, blame Donald Trump," 12 June 2018
While at times frightening and infuriating, there are also moments of clarity that show how the social reckoning is affecting change.

— benjy hansen-bundy, Glamour, "What 1,147 Men Really Think About #MeToo," 30 May 2018
Numerous employment law experts that Ars spoke with said that the new opinion could end up being a moment of reckoning for Silicon Valley.

— cyrus farivar, Ars Technica, "New court ruling could force Uber, Lyft to convert drivers to employees," 2 May 2018
For Bill Cosby, the reckoning was a long time coming.

— robin abcarian, latimes.com, "At long last, Bill Cosby has been brought to justice," 27 Apr. 2018

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First Known Use of reckoning

14th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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reckoning Synonyms

Synonyms

appraisal, appraisement, assessment, estimate, estimation, evaluation, valuation;

Related Words

calculation, computation, measurement;

audit, check, checkup, examination, inspection, review, scan, scrutiny, survey;

reassessment, transvaluation;

overestimation, overevaluation;

underestimation;

RECKONING Defined for English Language Learners

reckoning

noun

Definition of reckoning for English Language Learners

: the act of calculating the amount of something
: the time when your actions are judged as good or bad and you are rewarded or punished
: the act of judging something