reckon

Definition

  • verb: to think or suppose (something)
  • verb: to determine by reference to a fixed basis
  • usually used as '(be) reckoned'
  • synonyms: count, estimate, enumerate

Examples

  • Anyone who tries to change the system will have to 'reckon with' me. = Anyone who tries to change the system will have me to 'reckon with'. [=I will oppose/fight anyone who tries to change the system]

  • She 'was reckoned' [='considered'] to be among the group's leaders. = She 'was reckoned' as one of the group's leaders.

  • When he won his first three matches, the other players realized that he was 'a force/man to be reckoned with'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) All right, everyone! Go back to your knitting. This is gonna be uncomfortable enough without all you nosy sods listening in. I reckon you have to be barking mad to put your own name in the Goblet of Fire. Caught on, have you? Took you long enough. I wasn't the only one who thought you'd done it. (..)
    2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire