What does Reckoning mean?

Definitions for Reckoning
ˈrɛk ə nɪŋreck·on·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. calculation, computation, figuring, reckoningnoun

    problem solving that involves numbers or quantities

  2. reckoning, tallynoun

    a bill for an amount due

  3. count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tallynoun

    the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order

    "the counting continued for several hours"

Wiktionary

  1. reckoningnoun

    The action of calculating or estimating something.

    By that reckoning, it would take six weeks to go five miles.

  2. reckoningnoun

    The bill (UK) or check (US), especially at an inn or tavern.

  3. reckoningnoun

    An opinion or judgement.

  4. reckoningnoun

    The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Reckoningnoun

    Etymology: from reckon.

    Can’st thou their reck’nings keep? the time compute?
    When their swoln bellies shall enlarge their fruit. George Sandys.

    They that know how their own reck’ning goes,
    Account not what they have, but what they lose. Daniel.

    It is with a man and his conscience, as with one man and another; even reckoning makes lasting friends; and the way to make reckonings even, is to make them often. South.

    His industry is up stairs and down; his eloquence the parcel of a reckoning. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

    When a man’s verses cannot be understood, it strikes a man more dead than a great reckoning in a little room. William Shakespeare.

    A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a reckoning. Add.

    There was no reckoning made with them of the money delivered into their hand. 2 Kings.

    Beauty, though in as great excellency in yourself as in any, yet you make no further reckoning of it, than of an outward fading benefit nature bestowed. Philip Sidney.

    Were they all of as great account as the best among them, with us notwithstanding they ought not to be of such reckoning, that their opinion should cause the laws of the church to give place. Richard Hooker, Preface.

ChatGPT

  1. reckoning

    Reckoning generally refers to the act of calculating or estimating something, making a judgment or forming an opinion, often after a period of consideration. It can also mean the action of paying back or settling a debt or scores, or the avenging of past mistakes or misdeeds. In addition, reckoning refers to the navigation procedure of calculating one's current position.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Reckoning

    of Reckon

  2. Reckoningnoun

    the act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation

  3. Reckoningnoun

    an account of time

  4. Reckoningnoun

    adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc

  5. Reckoningnoun

    the charge or account made by a host at an inn

  6. Reckoningnoun

    esteem; account; estimation

  7. Reckoningnoun

    the calculation of a ship's position, either from astronomical observations, or from the record of the courses steered and distances sailed as shown by compass and log, -- in the latter case called dead reckoning (see under Dead); -- also used for dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation

  8. Reckoningnoun

    the position of a ship as determined by calculation

Wikidata

  1. Reckoning

    Reckoning is the second album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released in 1984 by I.R.S. Records. Produced by Mitch Easter and Don Dixon, the album was recorded at Reflection Sound Studio in Charlotte, North Carolina over 16 days in December 1983 and January 1984. Dixon and Easter intended to capture the sound of R.E.M.'s live performances, and used binaural recording on several tracks. Singer Michael Stipe dealt with darker subject matter in his lyrics, and water imagery is a recurring theme on the record. Released to critical acclaim, Reckoning reached number 27 in the United States—where it was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1991—and peaked at number 91 in the United Kingdom.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Reckoning in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Reckoning in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Reckoning in a Sentence

  1. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown:

    Today certainly in Maryland is a day of reckoning and a day of accounting.

  2. Josh Shapiro:

    There is a reckoning going on in this country right now, we have to stand up and say that we're going to put people before powerful institutions, that we are not going to let -- whether it's the church, or some university, or Hollywood, or politics or business community -- ever put their particular interests above the needs of those that they are supposed to represent and care for.

  3. Trent Franks:

    The allegations and repercussions are coming at a rapid clip, as the post-Weinstein reckoning rips through Congress. On Thursday, Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken said Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken was stepping down after multiple women accused Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken of sexual misconduct. In Franken’s case, three-dozen members of Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken own party demanded Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken leave. Later that night, Arizona Republican Rep. Trent Franks announced Arizona Republican Rep. Trent Franks would resign, reportedly following a backlash for asking two female staffers to be a surrogate to bear Arizona Republican Rep. Trent Franks child. Rep. Arizona Republican Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., announced Arizona Republican Rep. Trent Franks resignation after it came to light Arizona Republican Rep. Trent Franks discussed surrogacy with two subordinates I deeply regret that my discussion of this option and process in the workplace caused distress.

  4. Cormac McCarthy:

    The truth about the world, he said, is that anything is possible. Had you not seen it all from birth and thereby bled it of its strangeness it would appear to you for what it is, a hat trick in a medicine show, a fevered dream, a trance bepopulate with chimeras having neither analogue nor precedent, an itinerant carnival, a migratory tentshow whose ultimate destination after many a pitch in many a mudded field is unspeakable and calamitous beyond reckoning.

  5. Le Maire:

    This is the moment of truth for the Franco-German relationship, the hour of reckoning for the future of the euro zone, either in the next few hours the president and the chancellor reach an agreement and accomplish a significant step in strengthening the euro zone. Or they are unable to and we will return, and I don't hesitate to say so, to turbulent times for the euro zone and for the European Union more widely.

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