how to pronounce reckon

/ˈɹɛk.ən/

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reckon is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of reckon in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… of what we can reckon we can afford for …”

meaning of reckon

Reckon means to calculate or estimate.

reckon frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word reckon occurs in english on average 21 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics reckon can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that reckon can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;

3) people, society, and culture;