1. establish by counting or calculation; calculate: "his debts were reckoned at $300,000"Similarcalculatecomputework output a figure onfigurenumberquantifycount (up)add uptotaltallytot up
▪ include someone or something in (a class or group): "in college he was always reckoned among the brainiest"Similarincludecountnumberconsider to bedeem to beregard aslook on astake to be
▪ expect to do a particular thing:"I reckon to get away by two-thirty"Similarexpectanticipatehope tobe looking tocount onrely ondepend onbank oncalculate onbe sure oftrust intake for grantedtake as readinformal:figure on
Word OriginOld English (ge)recenian ‘recount, relate’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch rekenen and German rechnen ‘to count (up)’. Early senses included ‘give an account of items received’ and ‘mention things in order’, which gave rise to the notion of ‘calculation’ and hence of ‘being of an opinion’.