Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reckon with

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: reck-on with
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To settle accounts or claims with.

verb

verb

To take into account.

Example Sentences

"After a long time, the lord of those seruants commeth, and reckoneth with them."
"We'll reckon with him after the deed is done."
"If she lets you down, she'll have me to reckon with"
"As the country reckons with how to prevent more children from being killed at school, the legacies of the Parkland victims live on."
"I didn't reckon with his stubbornness."
"Swiss manufacturers reckon with the possibility of a contractless state with Germany. The Swiss public opinion is afraid that such a contractless state will lead to intolerable interferences of German authorities with Swiss economic life."

Inflected Forms

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

Phrases

to be reckoned with to reckon with

Questions

What does reckon with mean?: To settle accounts or claims with.

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