reckon
verb (used with object)
to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
am reckoning
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present progressiveof reckon (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am reckoning on my emancipation with an eagerness hardly proper at my years, but I cannot help it, so thoroughly do I hate London, and so much do I love the country.
From The Life of George Borrow by Clement K. Shorter
I am reckoning that if we drop anchor soon we shall be able to get as far as we want next tide.”
From The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise by W. S. (Walter S.) Stacey
I am reckoning what is the largest sum per month that you could reasonably be expected to spare, and how you may make the most of what remains.
From Mistress and Maid by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
There are but two families, and I am reckoning in the children.
From The Path to Rome by Hilaire Belloc
I am reckoning of my emancipation with an eagerness hardly proper at my years, but I cannot help it, so thoroughly do I hate London, and so much do I love the country.
From George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends by Clement King Shorter
