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Meaning of reckon

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  reckon
      v 1: expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of
           money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad
           state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I
           guess she is angry at me for standing her up" [syn:
           {think}, {opine}, {suppose}, {imagine}, {reckon}, {guess}]
      2: judge to be probable [syn: {calculate}, {estimate}, {reckon},
         {count on}, {figure}, {forecast}]
      3: deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I
         consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite
         as negatively as you do" [syn: {see}, {consider}, {reckon},
         {view}, {regard}]
      4: make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn:
         {calculate}, {cipher}, {cypher}, {compute}, {work out},
         {reckon}, {figure}]
      5: have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you
         any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet
         on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis" [syn:
         {count}, {bet}, {depend}, {look}, {calculate}, {reckon}]
      6: take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents";
         "Count on the monsoon" [syn: {reckon}, {count}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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