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Mete vs Reckon - What's the difference?

mete | reckon |

As verbs the difference between mete and reckon

is that mete is while reckon is to count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

mete

English

Anagrams

* meet, teem

Etymology 1

From (etyl) meten, from (etyl) .

Verb

(met)
  • (transitive, archaic, poetic, dialectal) To measure.
  • * 1611 — 7:2
    • For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete , it shall be measured to you again.
  • * 1870s , Soothsay , lines 80-83
    • ''the Power that fashions man
    ''Measured not out thy little span
    ''For thee to take the meting -rod
    ''In turn,
  • To dispense, measure (out), allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).
  • * 1833 —
    • Match'd with an agèd wife, I mete and dole
    Unequal laws unto a savage race

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) ("distaff").

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A boundary or other limit; a boundary-marker; mere.
    • ----

    reckon

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
  • * ...then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain... --Lev. 27:18, King James Version .
    • I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church. .
  • 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.
  • * He was reckoned among the transgressors. Luke 23:37, King James Version
  • * For him I reckon not in high estate. .
  • To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
  • * ...faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. Romans 4:9, King James Version.
  • * Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime. .
  • To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause;
  • * For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. --Romans 8:18, King James Version.
  • * Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin... --Romans 6:11, King James Version
  • * I reckon he won't try that again.
  • To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
  • To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.
  • * Parfay," sayst thou, sometime he reckon shall." .

    • Derived terms

    * reckon for * reckon on, reckon upon * reckon with * reckon without

    Synonyms

    * number * enumerate * compute * calculate * estimate * value * esteem * account * repute

    See also

    * calculate * guess

    References

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    Anagrams

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