Meaning & use
reckoned
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Calculated or estimated something, or considered it to be true; the past tense of 'reckon.'
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I reckoned we had about an hour of daylight left.
She reckoned him to be the most talented student in the class.
A note on using this word
In informal speech, 'reckon' alone can mean simply 'to think' or 'to suppose.'
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