verb
reck
Reck (verb) means to pay attention to someone or something and treat them as important.
verb
1
To pay attention to someone or something and treat them as important.
"Little recked he perhaps for what she felt, that dull aching void in her heart sometimes, piercing to the core."
— James Joyce, Ulysses (1922)
2
To wish or feel inclined to do something.
3
To be aware of something or know about it.
4
To think of someone or something as being a certain way.
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Etymology
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.
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What is the meaning of reck?
"reck" (verb) means to pay attention to someone or something and treat them as important.
What is the opposite of reck?
The opposite of "reck" is neglect.
What are the different meanings of reck?
"reck" has 3 main meanings: 1. To pay attention to someone or something and treat them as important; 2. To wish or feel inclined to do something; 3. To be aware of something or know about it.
