RECKONING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does reckoning mean?
• RECKONING (noun)
The noun RECKONING has 3 senses:
1. problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
2. a bill for an amount due
3. the act of counting
Familiarity information: RECKONING used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• RECKONING (noun)
Meaning:
Problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
reckoning; figuring; computation; calculation
Hypernyms ("reckoning" is a kind of...):
problem solving (the thought processes involved in solving a problem)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reckoning"):
extrapolation ((mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values)
interpolation ((mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known)
conversion (a change in the units or form of an expression:)
approximation; estimate; estimation; idea (an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth)
derivative; derived function; differential; differential coefficient; first derivative (the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx)
integral (the result of a mathematical integration; F(x) is the integral of f(x) if dF/dx = f(x))
Meaning:
A bill for an amount due
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
reckoning; tally
Hypernyms ("reckoning" is a kind of...):
account; bill; invoice (an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered)
Meaning:
The act of counting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
counting; count; enumeration; numeration; reckoning; tally
Context example:
the counting continued for several hours
Hypernyms ("reckoning" is a kind of...):
investigating; investigation (the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reckoning"):
blood count (the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample)
sperm count (the act of estimating the number of spermatozoa in an ejaculate)
recount (an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election)
poll (the counting of votes (as in an election))
miscount (an inaccurate count)
countdown (counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle))
census; nose count; nosecount (a periodic count of the population)
