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reckoned

[rek-uhn] Origin

reck·on

[rek-uhn]
verb (used with object)
1.
to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
2.
to esteem or consider; regard as: to be reckoned an authority in the field.
3.
Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. to think or suppose.
verb (used without object)
4.
to count; make a computation or calculation.
5.
to settle accounts, as with a person (often followed by up).
6.
to count, depend, or rely, as in expectation (often followed by on).
7.
Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. to think or suppose.

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Reckoned is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
8.
reckon with,
a.
to include in consideration or planning; anticipate: He hadn't reckoned with so many obstacles.
b.
to deal with: I have to reckon with many problems every day.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English rekenen, Old English gerecenian (attested once) to report, pay; cognate with German rechnen to compute

reck·on·a·ble, adjective
out·reck·on, verb (used with object)
pre·reck·on, verb (used with object)
un·der·reck·on, verb (used with object)
un·reck·on, verb (used with object)
EXPAND
un·reck·on·a·ble, adjective
un·reck·oned, adjective
COLLAPSE


1. enumerate. 2. account, deem, estimate, judge.

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Word Origin & History

reckon
O.E. gerecenian "to recount, relate," from W.Gmc. *(ga)rekenojanan (cf. O.Fris. rekenia, M.L.G. rekenen, O.H.G. rehhanon, Ger. rechnen, Goth. rahnjan "to count, reckon"), from P.Gmc. *rakinaz "ready, straightforward," from PIE *reg- "to move in a straight line." I reckon, used parenthetically, is now
EXPAND
dialectal (Southern U.S.), but dates from c.1600 and formerly was in literary use (Richardson, etc.). Related: Reckoning (c.1300).
COLLAPSE
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