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Definition of 'Count'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) count
to check over one by one to determine the total number; add up; enumerate.

2.  count
to reckon up; calculate; compute.

3.  count
to list or name the numerals up to:
Close your eyes and count to ten.

4.  count
to include in a reckoning; take into account:
Count her among the chosen.

5.  count
to reckon to the credit of another; ascribe; impute.

6.  count
to consider or regard:
He counted himself lucky.

7. (v.i.) count
to count the items of a collection to determine the total.

8.  count
to list or name numerals in order.

9.  count
to reckon numerically.

10.  count
to have a specified numerical value.

11.  count
to be accounted or worth something:
That try didn't count—I was practicing.

12.  count
to have merit, importance, value, etc.; deserve consideration:
Every bit of help counts.

13.  count
count down, to count backward, usu. by ones, from a given integer to zero.

14.  count
count in, to include.

15.  count
count off, to count aloud by turns, as to arrange positions within a group of persons; divide or become divided into groups:
Count off from the left by threes.

16.  count
count on or upon, to depend or rely on.

17.  count
count out,

18.  count
to declare (a boxer) the loser in a bout because of inability to stand up before the referee has counted to 10.

19.  count
to exclude.

20.  count
to count and apportion or give out.

21.  count
to disqualify (ballots) illegally in counting, in order to control the election.

22. (n.) count
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation.

23.  count
the number obtained by counting; the total.

24.  count
an accounting.

25.  count
a separate charge in a legal declaration or indictment:
two counts of embezzlement.

26.  count
a single ionizing reaction registered by an ionization chamber, as in a Geiger counter.

27.  count
the total number of ionizing reactions so registered.

28.  count
Archaic. regard; notice.

29.  count
the count, the calling out, by the referee, of the numbers from 1 to 10 when a boxer falls to the canvas.

30. (adj.) count
noting a number of items determined by an actual count:
The box is labeled 50 count.

31. (n.) count
(in some European countries) a nobleman equivalent in rank to an English earl.

Etymology: (1375–1425; < AF c(o)unte, OF conte, comte < LL comitem, acc. of comes honorary title of various imperial functionaries, L: retainer, staff member, lit., companion)

Definition of 'Count'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) count
the total number counted
"a blood count"

2. (noun) count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally
the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
"the counting continued for several hours"

3. (verb) count
a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl

4. (verb) count, number, enumerate, numerate
determine the number or amount of
"Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"

5. (verb) count, matter, weigh
have weight; have import, carry weight
"It does not matter much"

6. (verb) consider, count, weigh
show consideration for; take into account
"You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"

7. (verb) count
name or recite the numbers in ascending order
"The toddler could count to 100"

8. (verb) count, number
put into a group
"The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members"

9. (verb) count
include as if by counting
"I can count my colleagues in the opposition"

10. (verb) count
have a certain value or carry a certain weight
"each answer counts as three points"

11. (verb) count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon
have faith or confidence in
"you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis"

12. (verb) reckon, count
take account of
"You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon"

Definition of 'Count'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) count
to calculate the total number of sth
Count the number of cookies in the jar.; to count how many there are

2.  count
to say numbers in order
I can count (up) to 100.; to count down from 99 to 89

3.  count
to be significant or important
Does experience count more than talent?; My opinion doesn't seem to count.

4.  count
to include sb or sth in a calculation
The $5 counts as part of your total allowance; There are thirty vehicles, not counting the bicycles.

5.  count
to consider sb or sth in a particular way
Does mowing the lawn count as exercise?

6.  count
count yourself lucky
to feel lucky that sth bad did not happen
He should count himself lucky he didn't get killed.

7.  count
don't count your chickens before they hatch
used to tell sb not to expect a result until it is certain

8. (noun) count
the act of counting, or the number counted
a count to see how many people came; Hold your breath for a count of 5.; a high pollen count

9.  count
a pollen/sperm/blood etc. count
each of the charges made against sb in a law court
three counts of murder

10.  count
a European nobleman
the Count of Auvergne

Definition of 'Count'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Count
a nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl

2. (verb) Count
to tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon

3. (verb) Count
to place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging

4. (verb) Count
to esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider

5. (verb) Count
to number or be counted; to possess value or carry weight; hence, to increase or add to the strength or influence of some party or interest; as, every vote counts; accidents count for nothing

6. (verb) Count
to reckon; to rely; to depend; -- with on or upon

7. (verb) Count
to take account or note; -- with

8. (verb) Count
to plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count

9. (verb) Count
the act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting

10. (verb) Count
an object of interest or account; value; estimation

11. (verb) Count
a formal statement of the plaintiff's case in court; in a more technical and correct sense, a particular allegation or charge in a declaration or indictment, separately setting forth the cause of action or prosecution

Translation of 'Count'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: nobleman in certain countries, equal in rank to a British earl.
Afrikaans: graaf	Arabic: كونت: لَقَب نَـبالَـه	Bulgarian: граф
Brazilian: conde	Czech: hrabě	German: der Graf
Danish: greve	Greek: κόμης	Spanish: conde
Estonian: krahv	Farsi: کنت	Finnish: kreivi
French: comte	Hebrew: רוֹזֵן	Hindi: गिनती
Croatian: grof	Hungarian: gróf	Indonesian: gelar bangsawan di Eropa
Icelandic: greifi	Italian: conte	Japanese: 伯爵
Korean: 백작	Lithuanian: grafas	Latvian: grāfs (ne angļu)
Malay: Count	Dutch: graaf	Norwegian: greve
Polish: hrabia	Persian: کنت	Pashto: شمیرل
Portuguese: conde	Romanian: conte	Russian: граф
Slovak: gróf	Slovenian: grof	Serbian: grof
Swedish: greve	Thai: ตำแหน่งของขุนนางเทียบเท่า	Turkish: kont
Taiwanese: 伯爵	Ukrainian: граф	Urdu: نواب، امير
Vietnamese: Bá tước	Chinese: 伯爵
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