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Count Verb (Used With Object)

The document defines the various meanings and uses of the word "count" as both a verb and noun. As a verb, it can mean to determine the total number of items by adding them up one by one, to calculate or compute, or to list numbers in order. As a noun, it refers to the act of counting, the total number or amount determined by counting, an accounting or tally, and various other technical or sports-related uses of counting or tallies. The document provides over 30 definitions, examples, and related terms to comprehensively cover the multiple senses and applications of the word "count".

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Count Verb (Used With Object)

The document defines the various meanings and uses of the word "count" as both a verb and noun. As a verb, it can mean to determine the total number of items by adding them up one by one, to calculate or compute, or to list numbers in order. As a noun, it refers to the act of counting, the total number or amount determined by counting, an accounting or tally, and various other technical or sports-related uses of counting or tallies. The document provides over 30 definitions, examples, and related terms to comprehensively cover the multiple senses and applications of the word "count".

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COUNT

verb (used with object)


1.
to check over (the separate units or groups of a collection) one by oneto determine the total numb
er; add up; enumerate:
He counted his tickets and found he had ten.
2.
to reckon up; calculate; compute.
3.
to list or name the numerals up to:
Close your eyes and count ten.
4.
to include in a reckoning; take into account:
There are five of us here, counting me.
5.
to reckon to the credit of another; ascribe; impute.
6.
to consider or regard:
He counted himself lucky to have survived the crash.

verb (used without object)


7.
to count the items of a collection one by one in order to determine thetotal:
She counted three times before she was satisfied that none wasmissing.
8.
to list or name numerals in order:
to count to 100 by fives.
9.
to reckon numerically.
10.
to have a specified numerical value.
11.
to be accounted or worth something:
That first try didn't countI was just practicing.
12.
to have merit, importance, value, etc.; deserve consideration:
Every bit of help counts.
13.
to have worth; amount (usually followed by for):
Intelligence counts for something.

noun
14.
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
A count of hands showed 23 in favor and 16 opposed.
15.
the number representing the result of a process of counting; the totalnumber.

16.
an accounting.
17.
Baseball. the number of balls and strikes, usually designated in thatorder, that have been called o
n a batter during a turn at bat:
a count of two balls and one strike.
18.
Law. a distinct charge or theory of action in a declaration orindictment:
He was found guilty on two counts of theft.
19.
Textiles.
a.

a number representing the size or quality of yarn, especially thenumber based on the relat
ion of weight to length of the yarn andindicating its degree of coarseness.

b.

the number of warp and filling threads per square inch in wovenmaterial, representing the
texture of the fabric.
20.
Bowling. the number of pins struck down by the first ball rolled by abowler in the frame followin
g a spare and included in the score for theframe in which the spare was made.

adjective
24.
noting a number of items determined by an actual count:
The box is labeled 50 count.

Verb phrases
25.
count down, to count backward, usually by ones, from a given integerto zero.
26.
count in, to include:
If you're going to the beach, count me in.
27.
count off, (often used imperatively, as in the army) to count aloud byturns, as to arrange position
s within a group of persons; divide orbecome divided into groups:
Close up ranks and count off from the left by threes.
28.
count on /upon, to depend or rely on:
You can always count on him to lend you money.
29.
count out,
a.
b.

Boxing. to declare (a boxer) a loser because of inability to stand upbefore the referee has
counted 10 seconds.
to exclude:

When it comes to mountain climbing, count me out.


c.

to count and apportion or give out:


She counted out four cookies to each child.

d.

to disqualify (ballots) illegally in counting, in order to control theelection.

Idioms
30.
count coup. coup1(def 4).

Origin of count 1Expand


Middle English
Anglo-French
Old French
Latin

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