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obduracy (iou) and reckon (oh)


obduracy (iou)



obduracy noun. L16.
[from (the same root as) next: see -ACY.]
The state or quality of being obdurate. L16.
The state of being physically hard or hardened. rare. E19.

reckon (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: gerecenian 'to tell, explain']
spoken especially BrE to think or suppose something
reckon (that)
::Do you reckon he'll agree to see us?
::The police reckon that whoever killed Dad was with him earlier that day.
::'There's nothing we can do about it.' 'You reckon (=used to express doubt or disagreement) ?'
to guess a number or amount, without calculating it exactly
reckon (that)
::We reckon that sitting in traffic jams costs us around $9 billion a year in lost output.
reckon sth to be sth
::The average selling price for flats in the area was reckoned to be around ¡ê11,000.
[usually passive] to think that someone or something is a particular kind of person or thing
be reckoned to be sth
::The Lowsons were reckoned to be very good farmers.
::Moving house is reckoned to be nearly as stressful as Divorce.
be reckoned as sth
::An earthquake of magnitude 7 is reckoned as a major quake.
formal to calculate an amount
::The expression 'full moon' means the fourteenth day of the moon reckoned from its first appearance.
reckon on [reckon on sth] phr v
to expect something to happen, when you are making plans
::We were reckoning on a profit of about half a million a year.
reckon on doing sth
::I was reckoning on getting at least 60% of the votes.
reckon up [reckon sth ¡û¡ú up] phr v
to add up amounts, costs etc in order to get a total
-synonym calculate calculate
::Pat was reckoning up the cost of everything in her mind.
reckon with / [reckon with sb/sth] phr v
sb/sth to be reckoned with
someone or something that is powerful and must be regarded seriously as a possible opponent, competitor, danger etc
::Barcelona will be a force to be reckoned with this season.
::The principal was certainly a woman to be reckoned with.
not reckon with sb/sth
to not consider a possible problem when you are making plans
::I had not reckoned with the excitement in the popular press.
have sb/sth to reckon with
to have to deal with someone or something powerful
::Any invader would have the military might of NATO to reckon with.
reckon without / [reckon without sb/sth] phr v
if you are reckoning without something, you do not expect it and are not prepared for it
::They doubted that Fiona could finish the course, but they reckoned without her determination.