<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) To count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.</li><li>Synonyms: enumerate.</li><li>To esteem or consider; regard as: to be reckoned an authority in the field.</li><li>Synonyms: judge, estimate, deem, account.</li><li>Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.: to think or suppose.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) To count; make a computation or calculation.</li><li>To settle accounts, as with a person (often followed by up).</li><li>To count, depend, or rely, as in expectation (often followed by on).</li><li>Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.: to think or suppose.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>To include in consideration or planning; anticipate: He hadn't reckoned with so many obstacles.</li><li>To deal with: I have to reckon with many problems every day.</li></ul>