Vocabulary
Reckoning
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the action or process of calculating or estimating something
Urdu meaning
حساب کتاب، شمار کرنا، معاملہ فہمی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Few passages capture this more starkly than the opening lines of Surah alAnbiya: `Closer and closer to mankind comes their Reckoning: yet they heed not and they turn away.
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Outward splendour
— 2026-04-24
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But the real work of mourning the sitting with loss, the allowing yourself to break, the transformation that comes from truly reckoning with what`s been taken we aren`t allowed to do that.
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Grief denied
— 2026-02-15
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If the government is serious about restoring trust, it must pair new laws with an honest reckoning of unresolved cases, regular public reporting and engagement with affected families.
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Lives suspended
— 2026-01-24
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Even if the treaty remains intact, the country faces an internal reckoning.Bankruptcy management, as the UN report makes clear, is not about returning to a lost past but about adapting honestly to new hydrological realities.
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Water test
— 2026-01-22
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That choice defines the climate reckoning of our time.
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Climate reckoning
— 2026-01-03
Synonyms
appraisal, appraisement, assessment, estimate, evaluation
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