Reckoning
/ˈɹɛkənɪŋ/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:16 ptsWWF:20 pts9 letters
Definition of Reckoning
verb
- To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
- To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute.
- To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
- To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause
"I reckon he won't try that again."
- To reckon with something or somebody or not, i.e to reckon without something or somebody: to take into account, deal with, consider or not, i.e. to misjudge, ignore, not take into account, not deal with, not consider or fail to consider; e.g. reckon without one's host
noun
- The action of calculating or estimating something.
"By that reckoning, it would take six weeks to go five miles."
- An opinion or judgement.
- A summing up or appraisal.
- The settlement of accounts, as between parties.
- The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions.
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