Synonyms: consider, deem, regard, account, reckon
These verbs refer to holding opinions or views that are based on evaluation.
- Consider suggests objective reflection and reasoning: He considers success to be of little importance.
- Deem is more subjective, emphasizing judgment rather than contemplation: The faculty deemed the essay to be acceptable.
- Regard often implies a personal attitude: I regard your apology as genuine.
- Account and reckon in this sense are literary and imply calculated judgment: "I account no man to be a philosopher who attempts to do more" John Henry Newman. "I cannot reckon you as an admirer" Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Synonyms: calculate, compute, reckon, cipher, figure
These verbs refer to the use of mathematical methods to determine a result.
- Calculate, the most comprehensive, often implies a relatively high level of abstraction or procedural complexity: The astronomer calculated the planet's position.
- Compute applies to possibly lengthy arithmetic operations: computing fees according to time spent.
- Reckon, cipher, and figure suggest the use of simple arithmetic:
.. reckoned the number of hours before her departure;
.. had to be taught to read and to cipher;
.. trying to figure my share of the bill.
.... Am-Heritage
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