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reckon

verb

1 the cost to the company was reckoned at $6,000 | Pat reckoned up the cost:

calculate, compute, work out, put a figure on, figure, number, quantify;

count (up), add up, total, tally;

British tot up.

2 Anselm reckoned Hugh among his friends:

include, count, number;

consider to be, deem to be, regard as, look on as, take to be.

3 informal I reckon she had her eye on him from the start:

believe, think, be of the opinion, be of the view, be convinced, suspect, dare say, have an idea, have a feeling, imagine, fancy, guess, suppose, assume, surmise, conjecture, consider;

North American, informal figure;

archaic ween.

4 category A prisoners are reckoned the most dangerous:

regard as, consider, judge, hold to be, view, think of as, look on as;

deem, rate, evaluate, gauge, count, estimate;

repute.

5 when I spend that much I reckon to get good value for money:

expect, anticipate, hope to, be looking to;

count on, rely on, depend on, bank on, calculate on, be sure of, trust in, take for granted, take as read;

North American, informal figure on.

□ to be reckoned with

Michael Ryan was still a force to be reckoned with:

important, of considerable importance, not to be ignored, significant, considerable;

influential, powerful, strong, potent, formidable, redoubtable, dominant, commanding;

informal a hard nut to crack.

□ reckon with

1 it's her mother you'll have to reckon with:

deal with, cope with, contend with, handle, face, face up to.

2 they hadn't reckoned with her burning ambition to win:

take into account, take into consideration, bargain for, bargain on, allow for, anticipate, foresee, be prepared for, plan for;

bear in mind, consider, take cognizance of, take note of.

□ reckon without

unfortunately he had reckoned without sniffer dogs:

overlook, ignore, fail to take account of, fail to anticipate, disregard, lose sight of, fail to notice.

▷antonyms take into account.