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Added 29 September 2026

reckon

/ˈɹɛkən/ verb

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To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute.
To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.

noun

An impression or opinion.

noun

Alternative form of rackan (“chain”).

Origin

From Middle English rekenen, from Old English recenian (“to pay; arrange, dispose, reckon”) and ġerecenian (“to explain, recount, relate”); both from Proto-West Germanic *rekanōn (“to count, explain”), from Proto-West Germanic *rekan (“swift, ready, prompt”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to make straight or right”).

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