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The correct spelling is reckoning.
How to pronounce reckoning
verb
IPA: /ˈɹɛkənɪŋ/
Say it like: Rek-oni-ng
The correct spelling is reckoning. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. For example: "I reckon he won't try that again."
Usage Examples
“I reckon he won't try that again.”
“By that reckoning, it would take six weeks to go five miles.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
- 2.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.
- 3.To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
- 4.To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause
- 5.To reckon with something or somebody or not, i.e to reckon without something or somebody: to take into account, deal with, consider or not, i.e. to misjudge, ignore, not take into account, not deal with, not consider or fail to consider; e.g. reckon without one's host
noun
- 1.The action of calculating or estimating something.
- 2.An opinion or judgement.
- 3.A summing up or appraisal.
- 4.The settlement of accounts, as between parties.
- 5.The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions.
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