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Reckon vs Acknowledge - What's the difference?

reckon | acknowledge |

As verbs the difference between reckon and acknowledge

is that reckon is to count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate while acknowledge is to admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a god.

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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    acknowledge

    English

    Alternative forms

    * acknowledg (obsolete)

    Verb

    (acknowledg)
  • To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a god.
  • :* I acknowledge my transgressions. - ''Psalm 51:3 .
  • :* ''For ends generally acknowledged to be good. -
  • To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
  • :* In all thy ways acknowledge Him. - ''Proverbs 3:6
  • :* By my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee. - , III-v
  • To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor.
  • :* ''They his gifts acknowledged none. -
  • To notify receipt, as of a letter.
  • To own as genuine or valid; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledge a deed.
  • Usage notes

    * Acknowledge'' is opposed to keep back, or conceal, and supposes that something had been previously known to us (though perhaps not to others) which we now feel bound to lay open or make public. Thus, a man ''acknowledges'' a secret marriage; one who has done wrong ''acknowledges'' his fault; and author ''acknowledges'' his obligation to those who have aided him; we ''acknowledge our ignorance. * Recognize'' supposes that we have either forgotten or not had the evidence of a thing distinctly before our minds, but that now we know it (as it were) anew, or receive and admit in on the ground of the evidence it brings. Thus, we ''recognize'' a friend after a long absence. We ''recognize'' facts, principles, truths, etc., when their evidence is brought up fresh to the mind; as, bad men usually ''recognize'' the providence of God in seasons of danger. A foreign minister, consul, or agent, of any kind, is ''recognized on the ground of his producing satisfactory credentials. * See also confess

    Synonyms

    * avow, proclaim, recognize, own, admit, allow, concede, confess

    Derived terms

    * acknowledgeable * acknowledged * acknowledgedly * acknowledge the corn * acknowledged

    References

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