reckoning Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
    calculation; figuring; computation.
  2. noun a bill for an amount due
    tally.
  3. noun the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
    count; counting; tally; enumeration; numeration.
    • the counting continued for several hours
  4. verb expect, believe, or suppose
    guess; reckon; suppose; imagine; opine; think.
    • I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel
    • I thought to find her in a bad state
    • he didn't think to find her in the kitchen
    • I guess she is angry at me for standing her up
  5. verb judge to be probable
    calculate; figure; reckon; forecast; estimate; count on.
  6. verb deem to be
    reckon; see; regard; consider; view.
    • She views this quite differently from me
    • I consider her to be shallow
    • I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do
  7. verb make a mathematical calculation or computation
    cypher; compute; calculate; work out; reckon; cipher; figure.
  8. verb have faith or confidence in
    count; depend; look; reckon; bet; calculate.
    • you can count on me to help you any time
    • Look to your friends for support
    • You can bet on that!
    • Depend on your family in times of crisis
  9. verb take account of
    reckon; count.
    • You have to reckon with our opponents
    • Count on the monsoon

WordNet

Reck"on*ing noun
Definitions
  1. The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation. Specifically: (a) An account of time. Sandys. (b) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc.
    Even reckoning makes lasting friends, and the way to make reckonings even is to make them often. South.
    He quitted London, never to return till the day of a terrible and memorable reckoning had arrived. Macaulay.
  2. The charge or account made by a host at an inn.
    A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a reckoning. Addison.
  3. Esteem; account; estimation.
    You make no further reckoning of it [beauty] than of an outward fading benefit nature bestowed. Sir P. Sidney.
  4. (Navigation) (a) The calculation of a ship's position, either from astronomical observations, or from the record of the courses steered and distances sailed as shown by compass and log, -- in the latter case called dead reckoning (see under Dead); -- also used fro dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation. (b) The position of a ship as determined by calculation.

Webster 1913