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reckoning

/ˈɹɛkn̩ɪŋ/noun3 syllables

Reckoning means: the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order.

Synonyms for reckoning8

noun, as in the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order

count, counting, numeration, enumeration, tally

noun, as in problem solving that involves numbers or quantities

noun, as in a bill for an amount due

What does reckoning mean?3

noun

1

the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order“the counting continued for several hours”

2

problem solving that involves numbers or quantities

3

a bill for an amount due

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Reckoning in a sentence

  • In your reckoning, what accounts for these phenomena?unknown
  • By my reckoning, this is of the highest quality.sundown
  • When it's all said and done, your day of reckoning is coming.LoverofEnglish
  • I guess the time of reckoning has arrived at last.CM
  • The day of reckoning is upon us. For simple minds have simple thoughts.wentzbabble
  • According to East Asian reckoning, he's thirty-seven.Aphima
  • Muslims believe in the day of reckoning.Amastan
  • The young Queen was over twenty years old, not reckoning the hundred years she had been asleep.Hybrid

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Forms of reckoning

as a noun

plural
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