reckons
SayREK-uhnz/ˈɹɛkənz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of reckon.
The accountant reckons the total repair cost at nearly two million dollars.
Everyone reckons she has a strong chance of winning the election.
Note
One spelling carries every use of the verb, from careful arithmetic to casual opinion. With an object it counts or ranks: a critic reckons him among the best. With a following clause it means "supposes," a colloquial use: she reckons it will rain. With without, it marks a failure to take something into account, as in the phrase "reckons without his host."
reckons is a form of reckon
reckon, verb: To suppose or conclude that something is the case, especially after weighing the likely possibilities. Full entry
- Spelling
- reckon → reckons: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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