| query | If you say that something is r_______ to be true, you mean that people think that it is true.If you say that something is reckoned to be true, you mean that people think that it is true. The sale has been held up because the price is reckoned to be too high. |
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| word | reckon |
| full-definition | verb If you reckon that something is true, you think that it is true. Toni reckoned that it must be about three o'clock. He reckoned he was still fond of her. If you say that something is reckoned to be true, you mean that people think that it is true. The sale has been held up because the price is reckoned to be too high. If you say that someone reckons to do something, you mean that they expect to do it. The merged banks reckon to raise 4 billion dollars of new equity next year. Police officers on the case are reckoning to charge someone very shortly. If something is reckoned to be a particular figure, it is calculated to be roughly that amount . The star's surface temperature is reckoned to be minus 75 degrees Celsius. A proportion of the research, which I reckoned at about 30 percent, was basic research. |
| inflections | reckonsreckoningreckoned |
| cefr-level | B2 |
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