/ˈrekən/
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Translation
To think or believe that something is true; also to count or work something out.
Word origin
From Old English gerecenian, meaning to explain, arrange, or count up.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- gerecenian
- English cognates
- reckoning
Grammar
Verb typeregular (reckon, reckons, reckoned)
Examples
later .
"I reckon" is an informal way to say "I think".
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Here "reckon" means to estimate or work out a number.
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"Do you reckon" asks for an opinion, like "do you think".
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