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BNC: 13794 COCA: 13987

reckoning

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
reckoning /ˈrɛkənɪŋ/ noun
reckoning
/ˈrɛkənɪŋ/
noun
Learner's definition of RECKONING
[noncount] : the act of calculating the amount of something计算;估算
[noncount] : the time when your actions are judged as good or bad and you are rewarded or punished最后的审判;算总账的时候
[count] : the act of judging something判断;评判usually singular通常用单数
[noncount] British : the group of people or things that are considered likely to win or be successful获胜的热门人选
BNC: 13794 COCA: 13987

reckoning

noun

reck·​on·​ing ˈre-kə-niŋ How to pronounce reckoning (audio)
ˈrek-niŋ
1
: the act or an instance of reckoning: such as
a
c
: calculation of a ship's position
2
: a settling of accounts
day of reckoning
3
: a summing up

Example Sentences

I was more than $10 off in my reckoning. When the day of reckoning comes, we will have to face some unpleasant truths. Our football team hardly comes into the reckoning. Because of his injury, he is out of the reckoning. The team is still in the reckoning.
Recent Examples on the Web The experience is both a homecoming and a reckoning with the past. Stephanie Merry, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2022 These accomplishments occurred in the middle of the pandemic and a national reckoning with race. Sabrina Leboeuf, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2022 The effect is accumulative and devastating, and the memoir’s many pieces add up to an inventive reckoning with cultural silence. The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2022 No matter the outcome of the criminal case, Shroyer said, a larger reckoning is needed to ensure that what happened to the Austins doesn't happen to any other family. NBC News, 12 Feb. 2022 The coming years will define who lost what and how much, and that reckoning will be delivered through inflation. Clem Chambers, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021 That same reckoning will now be applied to dealing with systemic inequities, officials said, such as the lack of quality housing, health care and social services. John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, 5 Aug. 2021 Conversations with about a dozen Credit Suisse dealmakers, traders, financiers and wealth advisers, who asked to remain anonymous, depict an investment bank braced for a reckoning. Myriam Balezou, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2022 His abduction, which came a week after the sentencing of a star Chinese fund manager for stock manipulation, sparked fears in the country’s financial sector of a political reckoning. Keith Zhai, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of reckoning was in the 14th century
BNC: 13794 COCA: 13987

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