- [uncountable, countable] the act of calculating something, especially in a way that is not very exact
- By my reckoning you still owe me £5.
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- [countable, usually singular, uncountable] a time when somebody’s actions will be judged to be right or wrong and they may be punished
- In the final reckoning truth is rewarded.
- Officials concerned with environmental policy predict that a day of reckoning will come.
- Then the time of reckoning came—was it all going to work?
Idioms
See reckoning in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryin/into/out of the reckoning
- (especially British English) (especially in sport) among/not among those who are likely to win or be successful
- Wilshere is fit again and could come into the reckoning.
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