Reckon vs Refer - What's the difference?
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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 .
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." .
To direct the attention of.
To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.
To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation.
(rfex) To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.
# (grammar) to be referential to another element in a sentence
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Reckon is a related term of refer.
In lang=en terms the difference between reckon and refer
is that reckon is to make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing while refer is to place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation.As verbs the difference between reckon and refer
is that reckon is to count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate while refer is to direct the attention of.reckon
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church. .
Derived terms
* reckon for * reckon on, reckon upon * reckon with * reckon withoutSynonyms
* number * enumerate * compute * calculate * estimate * value * esteem * account * reputeSee also
* calculate * guessReferences
*Anagrams
*refer
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Verb
(referr)- The shop assistant referred me to the help desk on ground floor.
- He referred the matter to the principal.
- to refer a patient to a psychiatrist
- He referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances.