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{
"term": "reckon",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "reckon",
"heSheIt": "reckons"
},
"pastSimple": "reckoned",
"pastParticiple": "reckoned",
"ingForm": "reckoning"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to think something or have an opinion about something",
"sensetop": "reckon (that)…",
"labels": "(especially British English, informal)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I reckon (that) I’m going to get that job."
},
{
"text": "He'll be famous one day. **What do you reckon** *(= do you agree)*?"
},
{
"text": "It's worth a lot of money, I reckon."
},
{
"text": "‘They'll never find out.’ ‘**You reckon?**’ *(= I think you may be wrong about that)*"
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to be generally considered to be something",
"sensetop": "be reckoned to be/have something+ noun/adj.",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Children are reckoned to be more sophisticated nowadays.",
"contextForm": "be reckoned to be/have something"
},
{
"text": "It was generally reckoned a success.",
"contextForm": "+ noun/adj."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to expect to do something",
"sensetop": "reckon to do something",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We reckon to finish by ten."
},
{
"text": "He wasn’t reckoning to pay so much."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to calculate an amount, a number, etc.",
"sensetop": "reckon somethingbe reckoned at somethingreckon (that)…it is reckoned that…be reckoned to do something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I could see him reckoning the cost as I spoke.",
"contextForm": "reckon something"
},
{
"text": "The age of the earth is reckoned at about 4.6 billion years.",
"contextForm": "be reckoned at something"
},
{
"text": "My debts were reckoned at $12 000."
},
{
"text": "They reckon (that) their profits are down by at least 20%.",
"contextForm": "reckon (that)…"
},
{
"text": "It is generally reckoned that about half of all job vacancies are never advertised publicly.",
"contextForm": "it is reckoned that…"
},
{
"text": "The journey was reckoned to take about two hours.",
"contextForm": "be reckoned to do something"
},
{
"text": "The trip was reckoned to take over two days."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a person or thing that is well known and respected in a particular field",
"labels": "North American English",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Miyazaki is still a name to conjure with among anime fans."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used when you mention a name that you think is difficult to remember or pronounce",
"labels": "(humorous)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He comes from Tighnabruaich—now there's a name to conjure with!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a person or thing that is well known and respected in a particular field",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Miyazaki is still a name to reckon with among anime fans."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈrekən/",
"audio": "re/reckon/reckon__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈrekənz/",
"audio": "re/reckon/reckons__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈrekənd/",
"audio": "re/reckon/reckoned__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈrekənɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/reckon/reckoning__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈrekən/",
"audio": "re/reckon/reckon__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈrekənz/",
"audio": "re/reckon/reckons__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈrekənd/",
"audio": "re/reckon/reckoned__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈrekənɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/reckon/reckoning__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old 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”."
}