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# reckon

«reckon» in Mova's school dictionary: **To think or believe; to have an opinion** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (reckon, reckons, reckoned, reckoning)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal, especially UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland) To think or believe; to have an opinion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#m1)

2) To guess or estimate a number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#m2)

3) (formal, old) To count or calculate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#m3)

4) reckon on: to expect or rely on something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#m4)

5) reckon with: to have to deal with someone or something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

Very common in everyday talk: "I reckon it'll rain". In maths it can mean estimate: "how many do you reckon are in the jar?". Phrases: I reckon, reckon on, reckon with, a force to be reckoned with, day of reckoning.

### examples

- I reckon it's going to rain this arvo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#x1)
- How many sweets do you reckon are in the jar? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#x2)
- She reckons she can run faster than her brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#x3)
- We didn't reckon on so many people coming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#x4)
- He's a player to be reckoned with. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#x5)
- I reckon the shop is about two kilometres away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#x6)
- Do you reckon we'll win? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#x7)
- ‘Let us reckon the heads first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: reckoned. In casual speech "I reckon" just means "I think" and gives an opinion, not a fact. In a maths problem "reckon" usually means estimate, so the number is a guess, not exact.

### In the corpora

- [Which bits do you reckon they picked?" Alfie grins: "The shouty ones."](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/54-reality-tv-what-is-staged-and-what-is-real/7/)
- [And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1198/)
- [And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief Jeiel, and Zechariah,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.214/)
- [All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.224/)
- [And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.364/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «reckon» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.