reckoning en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹɛkn̩ɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /ˈɹɛkənɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Gerund of the verb reckon, from reckon + -ing. Compare Dutch rekening, German Rechnung.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The action of calculating or estimating something.
When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped ; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, and her pretty little Alsatian maid beside her, laying a log across the andirons.
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter III, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:So saying, he called for a reckoning for the wine, and throwing down the price of the additional bottle which he had himself introduced, rose as if to take leave of us.
1817, Sir Walter Scott, Rob Roy:By that reckoning, it would take six weeks to go five miles.
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(countable, uncountable) An opinion or judgement.
day of reckoning
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(countable, uncountable) A summing up or appraisal.
My mother's father was a small-town school teacher, an occupation with somewhat more status (teachers are petit bourgeois by the standard reckoning) which nevertheless provided little more income than on my father's side.
1984 February 4, David Morris, “Different Origins: Joto Güero del West Side”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 15:The research presented in this paper is the most comprehensive and up-to-date reckoning of an expanding set of portmanteau terms based on the word English.
2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 18:
- (countable, uncountable) The settlement of accounts, as between parties.
- (countable, uncountable) The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions.
- (archaic, countable, uncountable) The bill (UK) or check (US), especially at an inn or tavern.
- (archaic, countable, uncountable) Rank or status.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| reckonings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
off-reckoning · Dutch reckoning · final reckoning · day of reckoning · dead reckoning
Synonyms
computation · calculation (action of calculating or estimating something)
Translations (37)
de Abrechnung (an opinion or judgement) · fr calcul (the action of calculating or estimating something) · sa गणन (the action of calculating or estimating something) · bg преценка (an opinion or judgement) · de Resümee (the working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions) · ota صان (the action of calculating or estimating something) · fi tilinteko (the working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions) · it stima (the action of calculating or estimating something) · ru подсчёт (the action of calculating or estimating something) · es finiquito (the working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions) · de Berechnung (the action of calculating or estimating something) · fi laskelmointi (the action of calculating or estimating something) · ca estimació (the action of calculating or estimating something) · sh obračun (the action of calculating or estimating something) · pl rozliczenie (the action of calculating or estimating something) · eo kalkulo (the action of calculating or estimating something) · ru распла́та (the working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions) · ru вычисле́ние (the action of calculating or estimating something) · fi näkemys (an opinion or judgement) · ru мне́ние (an opinion or judgement) · fi käsitys (an opinion or judgement) · bg разплата (the working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions) · gd cunntadh (the action of calculating or estimating something) · ca càlcul (the action of calculating or estimating something) · ru расчёт (the action of calculating or estimating something) · ru счёт (the action of calculating or estimating something) · bg изчисление (the action of calculating or estimating something) · nl schatten (the action of calculating or estimating something) · fr règlement de comptes (the working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions) · nb regning (the action of calculating or estimating something) · fr estime (the action of calculating or estimating something) · bg смятане (the action of calculating or estimating something) · ru сужде́ние (an opinion or judgement) · de Fazit (the working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions) · ota حساب (the action of calculating or estimating something) · nl inschatten (the action of calculating or estimating something) · cmn 算帐 (the action of calculating or estimating something)