English-French translations for reckon

compter
Il faut encore toujours compter sur un doublement des transits transfrontaliers. The doubling of cross-border journeys is still something we have to reckon with. Il ne fait pas de doute que, dans un proche avenir, celles-ci devront compter avec les exigences à satisfaire. These will undoubtedly have to reckon with requirements to match in the near future. Une Europe qui apprend à faire bon usage de sa force est réellement un acteur avec lequel il faut compter. A Europe which learns to use its muscle as a force for good is truly a force to be reckoned with.
estimer
Ils représentent une force militaire à ne pas sous-estimer et possèdent une grande expérience militaire. They are a military force to be reckoned with and they have extensive military experience.

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate
To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute
To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value
To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause
To reckon with something or somebody or not, i.e to reckon without something or somebody: to take into account, deal with, consider or not, i.e. to misjudge, ignore, not take into account, not deal with, not consider or fail to consider; e.g. reckon without one's host
To come to an accounting; to draw up or settle accounts; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty

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