Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reckon up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: reck-on up
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To add up; count up; compute the amount of; tally; come to an accounting of.

verb

To harshly criticize.

Informal; Transitive verb

verb

To perceive (reckon) (someone or something).

Informal; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Of the Anabaptiſts, the ſame Author [Alexander Ross] Sect. 12. reckons up a great many different Sects, as the Mancerians, the Separatiſts, the Cathariſts, the Apoſtolicks, the Enthuſiaſts, the Silentes, the Adamites, the Liberi, the Hutites, the Melchioriſts, the Menoniſts, the Beucheldians, the Auguſtinians, the Denkians, and many others."
"How many things are there which I ought to reckon up, that I have neglected; and how many others are there, which, if I did reckon them up, would overwhelm me with confusion. The grocer has given me a subject that I shall do well to pursue."
"We reckoned him up pretty bad."
"I reckoned him up as a troublemaker at first glance."

Usage

Inflected Forms

reckons up (present, singular) reckoning up (participle, present) reckoned up (participle, past) reckoned up (past)

Questions

What does reckon up mean?: To add up; count up; compute the amount of; tally; come to an accounting of.

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