reck

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /rɛk/ UK /rɛk/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like lek /l/ vs /r/ Sounds like rake /ɛ/ vs /eɪ/

Meanings

1

verb
to care about or heed; to matter

He recked nothing of the danger ahead.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to care about or heed; to... heed mind care regard matter

Opposites

disregard ignore

Word family

Derived forms reckless

Etymology

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

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# 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

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