reckon
expect, believe, or suppose
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,184 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,066 times across 155,168 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- expect, believe, or suppose also: think, opine, suppose, imagine, guess I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novelI thought to find her in a bad state
- judge to be probable also: calculate, estimate, count on, figure, forecast
- deem to be also: see, consider, view, regard She views this quite differently from meI consider her to be shallow
- make a mathematical calculation or computation also: calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, figure
- have faith or confidence in also: count, bet, depend, swear, rely, bank you can count on me to help you any timeLook to your friends for support
- take account of also: count You have to reckon with our opponentsCount on the monsoon
reckon in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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She knew not, and found it impossible to reckon.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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There was no response for a moment; then Ham Sandwich said, reverently, “Not all at one time, I reckon.”
A Double Barrelled Detective Story · Mark Twain · Chapter 2
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Dead reckoning is good for to sail for the Deadman; And Tom Deadlight he thinks it may reckon near right.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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I can't keep you from doin' it, I reckon, but I do ask you not to sell without lettin' me know.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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He had a gun which he had stole, I reckon, and we fished and hunted, and that was what we lived on.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 06 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1