v.
- calculate.
- be of the opinion.
- regard in a specified way.
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(reckon someone/thing among)
include someone or something in (a group).
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(reckon on/to)
informal have a specified view or opinion of.
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(reckon on)
rely on or be sure of.
▸expect.
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(reckon with (or without))
take (or fail to take) into account.
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(reckon with)
archaic settle accounts with.
Phrase
- a —— to be reckoned with
(or to reckon with)
a thing or person not to be ignored or underestimated.
Etymology
OE (orig. ‘give an account of items received’, hence the notion of ‘calculation’) (ge)recenian ‘recount, relate’, of W. Gmc origin.