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reckoning
Definition of reckoning
1 : the act or an instance of reckoning: such asa : account, billb : computationc : 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 $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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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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Like many of you, my days off were peppered with a slew of push notifications about the sexual harassment reckoning happening in Startup-land.
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But for many of us, this kind of reckoning and reconciliation remain as aspirational as any other celebrity trope or Hollywood romance.
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Is this episode for Pelosi similar to Gingrich’s reckoning?
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The year of languor and reckoning begins in sunny May, with Izzy’s indifferent graduation from college and unexpected breakup with Aaron (Jesse Bradford), who’s fed up with her lack of direction.
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Ring those salvaging bells: The day of reckoning is upon us!
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But the attack also resonated far beyond the crime itself into possible reckonings over the country’s drift toward increasingly angry and uncompromising politics.
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First Known Use of reckoning
14th century
RECKONING Defined for English Language Learners
reckoning
Definition of reckoning for English Language Learners
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: the act of calculating the amount of something
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: the time when your actions are judged as good or bad and you are rewarded or punished
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: the act of judging something
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