[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reckon/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) / reckon # reckon verb (reckon, reckons, reckoned, reckoning) «reckon» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. (informal, especially UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland) To think or believe; to have an opinion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#m1) 2. To guess or estimate a number. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#m2) 3. (formal, old) To count or calculate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#m3) 4. reckon on: to expect or rely on something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#m4) 5. reckon with: to have to deal with someone or something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#m5) ### In the lessons Very common in everyday talk: "I reckon it'll rain". In maths it can mean estimate: "how many do you reckon are in the jar?". Phrases: I reckon, reckon on, reckon with, a force to be reckoned with, day of reckoning. ### Examples - I reckon it's going to rain this arvo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#x1) - How many sweets do you reckon are in the jar? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#x2) - She reckons she can run faster than her brother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#x3) - We didn't reckon on so many people coming. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#x4) - He's a player to be reckoned with. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#x5) - I reckon the shop is about two kilometres away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#x6) - Do you reckon we'll win? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#x7) - ‘Let us reckon the heads first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/#x8) ### Note Regular verb: reckoned. In casual speech "I reckon" just means "I think" and gives an opinion, not a fact. In a maths problem "reckon" usually means estimate, so the number is a guess, not exact. ## In Jewish tradition In Chronicles, people are reckoned by genealogy, with a count of those able to serve in war. In Ezekiel, a cleansed person has seven days reckoned before he may return to service. **Interpretation.** The laws of the jubilee year require reckoning the value of land or a field by the years left until the fiftieth year, so everything returns to its first owner. Counting by genealogy is read as showing how much Israel valued family and tribe. ### Examples - And the gift which ye set apart shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the wine-press. (Torah NUM.18.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reckon/#x1) - And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according unto his years shall he give back the price of his redemption. (Torah LEV.25.52, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reckon/#x2) - then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy valuation unto the year of jubilee; and he shall give thy valuation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD. (Torah LEV.27.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reckon/#x3) - And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days. (Prophets EZK.44.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reckon/#x4) - And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men. (Writings 1CH.7.40, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reckon/#x5) - And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief Jeiel, and Zechariah, (Writings 1CH.5.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reckon/#x6) ### Note Regular verb: reckoned. In casual speech "I reckon" just means "I think" and gives an opinion, not a fact. In a maths problem "reckon" usually means estimate, so the number is a guess, not exact. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «reckon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«reckon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/reckon.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «reckon» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reckon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«reckon» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/reckon.html) on Mova free.