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.
