reckoning
വിചാരണയെ
definition
verb
his debts were reckoned at $300,000
establish by counting or calculation; calculate.
he reckons that the army should pull out entirely
conclude after calculation; be of the opinion.
noun
last year was not, by any reckoning, a particularly good one
the action or process of calculating or estimating something.
example
He partook of a leisurely breakfast, paid his 'reckoning' , had the ostler bring his horse, and set off to the sound of church bells in the clear air.
Jacob has bid us farewell with an angry post threatening us all with a divine 'reckoning' .
In the interests of finding a solution to the equation of how debt might be alleviated we offer this 'reckoning' : less money to be spent on G8 junketing and more - much more - to be found for aid budgets.
By her 'reckoning' , ‘A good houseguest never arrives empty handed.’
Fragrant, aromatic whites seem to go best by my 'reckoning' but there's plenty of scope for simple, fruity reds too.
An annual Experian survey, which leaves York's large businesses out of its 'reckoning' , places the city a lowly 377th out of 404 towns and cities when it comes to average profit margins.
by ancient 'reckoning', bacteria are plants
Either way, the sense is likely to be one of unfinished business and a 'reckoning' postponed.
If the critics have ways of bringing about this changed pattern of cropping, why don't they simply do it, and stop wasting their time attacking a system that by their 'reckoning' is a failure?
And one of the ways of rekindling that hope in the justice of God was with the sense that ultimately there will be a 'reckoning' , and justice will be done.
He was told by the judge, Mr Recorder Evans: ‘The graffiti was of a particularly offensive nature and you are, by any 'reckoning' , a persistent offender.’
I'm further humbled to realise that I received my MA in 1964, and so it has taken me 38 years to complete my doctorate - a slow learner by any 'reckoning' .
The missions are generated using a twenty-digit alphanumeric seed code, which, with a little simple 'reckoning' , leads me to over 1031 possible combinations.
By any 'reckoning' , holidays are preferable to hooliganism, and jolly good luck to all who have the physical strength to enjoy them, and the money to pay for the tickets, which seem to run well into the thousands of dollars.
the sixth, or by another 'reckoning' eleventh, Earl of Mar
Kushyar's Principles of Hindu 'reckoning' was written about 1000 AD.
Simple 'reckoning' of the ages at which each of the biblical patriarchs produced his son would not suffice.
It is no less patriotic to issue just criticism than it is to utter just praise and, in my 'reckoning' , rather more constructive than to adopt a ‘my country, right or wrong’ attitude, even on Armistice Day.
By my 'reckoning' , that amounts to over 10 per cent per month or 120 per cent annual interest - just because I was out of town and a few days late paying the bill.
‘By my 'reckoning' Newcastle have scored from eight penalties so far this season and they've probably been awarded more,’ says Rob Compton.
However, in Mahaz's own 'reckoning' , it achieved 75 per cent success as it also takes into the account the second places secured by its supported candidates.
there will be a terrible 'reckoning'
By that 'reckoning' , we'd have to give everyone gas masks and surround every building with the National Guard.
there will be a terrible 'reckoning'
last year was not, by any 'reckoning', a particularly good one
They are also subject to sharp revision, often in ways which suggest that political factors were at work in the numerical 'reckoning' .
The Last Judgement and the Resurrection at the end of times were still perceived as the final 'reckoning' , but this ultimate judgement had come to be preceded by an earlier one, immediately after death.
This is my best chance and I swear that if you ruin it there will be a 'reckoning' !
The last time that an Australian government had a majority in both houses of Parliament was 24 years ago, a generation in the standard 'reckoning' but lifetimes away by some measures.
Direct 'reckoning' , or the ability of animals to calculate their position by adding up successive movements, is evidence of read-write memory, he said.
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