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reckoning with

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reck⋅on

  [rek-uhn]
Use reckoning with in a Sentence
–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 fol. by up).
6. to count, depend, or rely, as in expectation (often fol. by on).
7. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. to think or suppose.
—Verb phrase
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:
bef. 1000; ME rekenen, OE gerecenian (attested once) to report, pay; c. G rechnen to compute

Related forms:
reck⋅on⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
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 dialectal (Southern U.S.), but dates from 1603 and formerly was in literary use (Richardson, etc.). Reckoning is recorded from c.1300.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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