[ˈrɛk(ə)n], (Verb)

Definitions:
- establish by calculation
(e.g: his debts were reckoned at £300,000)

- consider or regard in a specified way
(e.g: the event was reckoned a failure)

- be of the opinion
(e.g: he reckons that the army should pull out entirely)


Phrases:
- a — to be reckoned with

Origin:
Old English (ge)recenian ‘recount, relate’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch rekenen and German rechnen ‘to count (up)’. Early senses included ‘give an account of items received’ and ‘mention things in order’, which gave rise to the notion of ‘calculation’ and hence of ‘being of an opinion’