reck C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes US /rɛk/ UK /rɛk/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like lek /l/ vs /ɹ/ Sounds like rake /ɛ/ vs /eɪ/ Meanings 1 verb to care about or heed; to matter He recked nothing of the danger ahead. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to care about or heed; to... heedmindcareregardmatter ↔ Opposites disregardignore Word family Derived forms reckless Etymology AI details From Old English reccan ('to care, take heed'), of Germanic origin, related to Old High German ruohhen; now archaic except in reckless. reccan Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # reck **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /rɛk/ **IPA (UK):** /rɛk/ ## Meanings 1. to care about or heed; to matter ## Examples - He recked nothing of the danger ahead. ## Synonyms - heed - mind - care - regard - matter ## Antonyms - disregard - ignore ## Derived Forms - reckless ## Roots and Affixes - Root: reccan ## Etymology From Old English reccan ('to care, take heed'), of Germanic origin, related to Old High German ruohhen; now archaic except in reckless. ## AI Etymology Reck comes from Old English reccan ('to care, take heed'), of Germanic origin, related to Old High German ruohhen; now archaic except in reckless. The historical chain includes Old English reccan. The quoted older sense, "to care, take heed," supplies the immediate semantic anchor for reck. The formation is best read as borrowed: the word reck carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a verb, "to care about or heed; to matter". English derivatives include reckless. The result is a verb whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - Actions & Processes markdown