reckon

Universal Words verb 1 (informal) to think sth or have an opinion about sth: [V(that)] I reckon (that) I'm going to get that job. * (spoken) He'll be famous one day. What do you reckon (= do you agree)? * [V] It's worth a lot of money, I reckon. * (spoken) 'They'll never find out.' 'You reckon?' (= I think you may be wrong about that) 2 (be reckoned) (not used in the progressive tenses) to be generally considered to be sth: [VNtoinf] Children are reckoned to be more sophisticated nowadays. * [VN-N] It was generally reckoned a success. [also VN-ADJ] 3 [Vtoinf] (informal) to expect to do sth: We reckon to finish by ten. * He wasn't reckoning to pay so much. 4 ~ sth (at sth) to calculate an amount, a number, etc: [VN] I could see him reckoning the cost as I spoke. * The age of the earth is reckoned at about 4600 million years. * [V(that)] They reckon (that) their profits are down by at least 20%. * [VNtoinf] The journey was reckoned to take about two hours. HELPNOTE This pattern is usually used in the passive. [also VNthat] PHRASALVERBS reckon on sth to expect sth to happen or to rely on sth happening: They hadn't reckoned on a rebellion. * [+-ing] We'd reckoned on having good weather. reckon sth<->up (especially BrE) to calculate the total amount or number of sth: He reckoned up the cost of everything in his mind. reckon with sb/sth 1 [usuallypassive] to consider or treat sb/sth as a serious opponent, problem, etc: They were already a political force to be reckoned with. 2 (usually used in negative sentences) to consider sth as a possible problem that you should be prepared for: [+-ing] I didn't reckon with getting caught up in so much traffic. reckon without sb/sth (especially BrE) to not consider sb/sth as a possible problem that you should be prepared for: They had reckoned without the determination of the opposition.