How do you use the word "reckon" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "reckon" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "reckon": The rescue flight had to reckon with strong winds and freezing temperatures. You can always reckon on me.

Reckon Meaning

/ˈɹɛkən/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

verbTo count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute.

Sentence Examples

The rescue flight had to reckon with strong winds and freezing temperatures.

You can always reckon on me.

I reckon we will arrive at our destination before sunset tonight.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

see view think

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

Based on the strong evidence, we ____ that he is the best candidate for the job.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

She began to ____ that the project would take at least twice as long as originally estimated.

Word Origin & History

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”), from Proto-West Germanic *rekan (“swift, ready, prompt”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to make straight or right”). Cognate with Scots rekkin (“to enumerate, mention, narrate, rehearse, count, calculate, compute”), Saterland Frisian reekenje (“to calculate, figure, reckon”), West Frisian rekkenje (“to account, tally, calculate, figure”), Dutch rekenen (“to count, calculate, reckon, charge”), German Low German reken (“to reckon”), German rechnen (“to count, reckon, calculate”), Danish regne (“to calculate”), Swedish räkna (“to count, calculate, reckon”), Norwegian Nynorsk rekna (“to calculate”), Icelandic reikna (“to calculate”), Latin rectus (“straight, right”). See also reck, reach.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain" — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 27:18:

"I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church." — 1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

"For all the king counted and pointed and reckoned, he could not find as much as a hair of them missing." — 1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 175:

"He was reckoned among the transgressors" — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 53:12:

"For him I reckon not in high estate Whom long descent of birth, Or the sphere of fortune, raises" — 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:

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