reckoning
- count; computation; calculation.
- the settlement of accounts, as between two companies.
- a statement of an amount due; bill.
- an accounting, as for things received or done.
- an appraisal or judgment.
- Navigation. dead reckoning.
- day of reckoning.
Origin of reckoning
Synonyms
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- to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- to esteem or consider; regard as: to be reckoned an authority in the field.
- Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. to think or suppose.
- to count; make a computation or calculation.
- to settle accounts, as with a person (often followed by up).
- to count, depend, or rely, as in expectation (often followed by on).
- Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. to think or suppose.
- reckon with,
- to include in consideration or planning; anticipate: He hadn't reckoned with so many obstacles.
- to deal with: I have to reckon with many problems every day.
Origin of reckon
Synonyms
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Contemporary Examples
The day of reckoning has arrived not just in Ferguson, Missouri, but also across America.
What should have been a moment of reckoning for a selfish, serial liar instead ended with us pitying him.
The Walking Dead’s ‘Self Help’: A Grim Show Displays Its Comedy Streak, and A Major RevealMelissa Leon
November 10, 2014
Regardless of how talented or athletic or smart the people are, death seems to be the reckoning that will eventually come.
Oh, and no truth to the rumor that director Michael Bay has since optioned a script titled Hotelicopter: The Reckoning.
But the cold hard numbers that Korb advances foreshadow a day of reckoning, just not yet.
Historical Examples
He was sure she would be exactly suited to the part in "The Reckoning."
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton CampusJessie Graham Flower
Where this was, is more than I know; for I was not in a state to keep a ship's reckoning.
Ned MyersJames Fenimore Cooper
Yes, Mr. Clawbonny, he is reckoning on a good feed of human flesh!
The Field of IceJules Verne
He told me once there should be a day of reckoning between us, sooner or later.
The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas NicklebyCharles Dickens
Sin' thou knowest me, thou knowest also that he who feasteth with me must pay his reckoning.
The Merry Adventures of Robin HoodHoward Pyle
reckoning
- the act of counting or calculating
- settlement of an account or bill
- a bill or account
- retribution for one's actions (esp in the phrase day of reckoning)
- nautical short for dead reckoning
reckon
- to calculate or ascertain by calculating; compute
- (tr) to include; count as part of a set or classI reckon her with the angels
- (usually passive) to consider or regardhe is reckoned clever
- (when tr, takes a clause as object) to think or suppose; be of the opinionI reckon you don't know where to go next
- (intr foll by with) to settle accounts (with)
- (intr ; foll by with or without) to take into account or fail to take into accountthe bully reckoned without John's big brother
- (intr ; foll by on or upon) to rely or dependI reckon on your support in this crisis
- (tr) slang to regard as goodI don't reckon your chances of success
- (tr) informal to have a high opinion ofshe was sensitive to bad reviews, even from people she did not reckon
- to be reckoned with of considerable importance or influence
Word Origin
Word Origin and History for reckoning
n.
early 14c., "narrative, account," verbal noun from reckon (v.). Meaning "a settling of accounts" is from mid-14c.; that of "calculation" is from late 14c. Cf. Dutch rekening "a bill, account, reckoning," Old High German rechenunga, German rechnung, Danish regning "a reckoning, computation." Day of reckoning attested from c.1600.
reckon
v.
c.1200, recenen, from Old English gerecenian "to explain, relate, recount," from West Germanic *(ga)rekenojanan (cf. Old Frisian rekenia, Middle Dutch and Dutch rekenen, Old High German rehhanon, German rechnen, Gothic rahnjan "to count, reckon"), from Proto-Germanic *rakinaz "ready, straightforward," from PIE *reg- "to move in a straight line," with derivatives meaning "direct in a straight line, rule" (see regal).
Intransitive sense "make a computation" is from c.1300. In I reckon, the sense is "hold an impression or opinion," and the expression, used parenthetically, dates from c.1600 and formerly was in literary use (Richardson, etc.), but came to be associated with U.S. Southern dialect and was regarded as provincial or vulgar. Related: Reckoned; reckoning.
Idioms and Phrases with reckoning
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