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reckoning

/ˈɹɛkənɪŋ/
verb
  1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

  2. To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute.

  3. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.

Synonymsaccount, calculate, compute, enumerate, esteem, estimate
noun
  1. The action of calculating or estimating something.

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

  2. An opinion or judgement.

  3. A summing up or appraisal.

Synonymscalculation, computation

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