I Reckon Reckoned ˈrekən I’m Job Famous Day

• i reckon (that) i’m going to get that job.
• he'll be famous one day. what do you reckon (= do you agree)?
• it's worth a lot of money, i reckon.
• ‘they'll never find out.’ ‘you reckon?’ (= i think you may be wrong about that)

reckon

1. to think something or have an opinion about something
• I reckon (that) I’m going to get that job.
• He'll be famous one day. What do you reckon (= do you agree)?
• It's worth a lot of money, I reckon.
• ‘They'll never find out.’ ‘You reckon?’ (= I think you may be wrong about that)
• Do you think (that) they’ll come?
• Well, I like it. What do you think?
• Police believe (that) the man may be armed.
• Police believe…
• I think…
• We all felt (that) we were unlucky to lose.
• I reckon (that) I’m going to get that job.
• I was under the impression that the work had already been completed.
2. to be generally considered to be something
• Children are reckoned to be more sophisticated nowadays.
• It was generally reckoned a success.
3. to expect to do something
• We reckon to finish by ten.
• He wasn’t reckoning to pay so much.
4. to calculate an amount, a number, etc.
• I could see him reckoning the cost as I spoke.
• The age of the earth is reckoned at about 4 600 million years.
• They reckon (that) their profits are down by at least 20%.
• The journey was reckoned to take about two hours.
5. a person or thing that is well known and respected in a particular field
• Miyazaki is still a name to conjure with among anime fans.
6. used when you mention a name that you think is difficult to remember or pronounce
• He comes from Tighnabruaich—now there's a name to conjure with!

Extra Examples

• They were already a political force to be reckoned with.
• We have to reckon with an element of chance.
• ‘They’ll never find out.’ ‘ You reckon?’
• He’ll be famous one day. What do you reckon?
• I reckon (that) I’m going to get that job.
• It is generally reckoned that about half of all job vacancies are never advertised publicly.
• It’s worth a lot of money, I reckon.
• My debts were reckoned at $12 000.
• The age of the earth is reckoned to be about 4 600 million years.
• The trip was reckoned to take over two days.
• They reckon (that) their profits were down by 30%.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they reckon
• he / she / it reckons
• past simple reckoned
• past participle reckoned
• -ing form reckoning

Word Origin

• 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”.