reck Synonyms & Antonyms
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Reck as a Verb
To take account of (someone or something); to care for; to consider, to heed, to regard.
To want (to do something); to desire to, to be inclined to, to care to.
To know about, to know of, to be aware of.
To reckon, to consider, to regard (someone or something) as.
To concern (someone); to be important or of interest to; to matter.
It recks not!
To concern oneself, to trouble oneself.
To make account of; to care for; to heed, regard, consider.
To concern, to be important or earnest.
To think.
Reck in a Sentence
It recks not!
Word Forms & Grammar
reck (third-person singular simple present recks, present participle recking, simple past and past participle recked or (obsolete) rought, raught)
Words That Rhyme With Reck
Origin of Reck
From Middle English recken, rekken, reken, from Old Norse rœkja (compare Old English rēċċan, rēċan (“to care, reck, take care of, be interested in, care for, desire”); whence English retch), from Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną (“to care, take care”), from Proto-Indo-European *rēǵ-, *rēg- (“to care, help”). Cognate with obsolete Dutch roeken, Low German roken, ruken (“to reck, care”), German geruhen (“to deign, condescend”), Icelandic rækja (“to care, regard, discharge”), Danish røgte (“to care, tend”), Swedish rykta (“to groom”). See reckon.
Reck at a Glance
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ɹɛk/ |
| Meaning | To take account of (someone or something); to care for; to consider, to heed, to regard |
| Verb forms | recks, recking, recked |