How to pronounce "reckon"

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think things often s better in my head

think things often s better in my head there's a fair amount of homework it's

there's a fair amount of homework it's

there's a fair amount of homework it's going to be a very early start for me on

going to be a very early start for me on

going to be a very early start for me on Wednesday morning trying not to fit into

Wednesday morning trying not to fit into

Wednesday morning trying not to fit into a mold of what I think a TED Talk should

a mold of what I think a TED Talk should

a mold of what I think a TED Talk should be like and just trying to be myself

be like and just trying to be myself

be like and just trying to be myself it's a bit of a test of myself and my

it's a bit of a test of myself and my

it's a bit of a test of myself and my nerve it's about having some confidence

nerve it's about having some confidence

nerve it's about having some confidence in an idea and running with it and then

in an idea and running with it and then

in an idea and running with it and then being open to what comes

being open to what comes

being open to what comes back it's quite a novel thing to do to

back it's quite a novel thing to do to

back it's quite a novel thing to do to share something that could go sort of

share something that could go sort of

share something that could go sort of far and

far and

far and wide all of a sudden we're here landed

wide all of a sudden we're here landed

wide all of a sudden we're here landed in Brighton yesterday and then today is

in Brighton yesterday and then today is

in Brighton yesterday and then today is Ted Talk day I am buzzed and tired and

Ted Talk day I am buzzed and tired and

Ted Talk day I am buzzed and tired and energized and excited all at the same

time it's time for

10 my fear

10 my fear is that I walk out and I just lose the

is that I walk out and I just lose the

is that I walk out and I just lose the power of speech I can't in any way

power of speech I can't in any way

power of speech I can't in any way impart what I want to impart but I don't

impart what I want to impart but I don't

impart what I want to impart but I don't think that will happen I don't I don't

think that will happen I don't I don't

think that will happen I don't I don't feel like that will

feel like that will

feel like that will [Music]

[Music]

[Music] happen I'm excited to hear what other

happen I'm excited to hear what other

happen I'm excited to hear what other people think about the idea and other

people think about the idea and other

people think about the idea and other people who go well actually I've been

people who go well actually I've been

people who go well actually I've been thinking the same thing and I reckon we

thinking the same thing and I reckon we

thinking the same thing and I reckon we can do this and I reckon this would work

can do this and I reckon this would work

can do this and I reckon this would work so yeah that's like a whole box that I

so yeah that's like a whole box that I

so yeah that's like a whole box that I haven't even opened in my head yet you

haven't even opened in my head yet you

haven't even opened in my head yet you know we're just get get this bit bit

know we're just get get this bit bit

know we're just get get this bit bit done get this day done

done get this day done

done get this day done um and then see if the if the Box gets

um and then see if the if the Box gets

um and then see if the if the Box gets full of stuff to open

Phonetic Breakdown of "reckon"

Learn how to break down "reckon" into its phonetic components. Understanding syllables and phonetics helps with pronunciation, spelling, and language learning.

Standard Phonetic Pronunciation:

/ˈɹɛkən/

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IPA Phonetic Pronunciation:

R EH1 K AH0 N

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Definition of "reckon"

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛkən/

Verb

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
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.
To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause

Example: "I reckon he won't try that again."
To reckon with something or somebody or not, i.e to reckon without something or somebody: to take into account, deal with, consider or not, i.e. to misjudge, ignore, not take into account, not deal with, not consider or fail to consider; e.g. reckon without one's host
To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
To come to an accounting; to draw up or settle accounts; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.