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reckon
What does reckon mean?
reckon (verb): expect, believe, or suppose.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use reckon in a sentence?
How do you pronounce reckon?
/ˈɹɛkən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does reckon come from?
From Middle English rekenen, from Old English recenian (“to pay; arrange, dispose, reckon”) and ġerecenian (“to explain, recount, relate”); both from Proto-West Germanic *rekanōn (“to count, explain”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of reckon?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “reckon”?
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What does “reckon” mean?
move or strike with a noise
Not quite: that's what click means.
to allow to, not to prevent
Not quite: that's what let means.
expect, believe, or suppose
Right! That's what “reckon” means.
send via the postal service
Not quite: that's what mail means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “reckon”?
start
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think
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thank
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close
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