Definitions for count
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. countnoun

   the total number counted

   "a blood count"

2. count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tallynoun

   the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order

   "the counting continued for several hours"

3. countverb

   a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl

4. count, number, enumerate, numerateverb

   determine the number or amount of

   "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"

5. count, matter, weighverb

   have weight; have import, carry weight

   "It does not matter much"

6. consider, count, weighverb

   show consideration for; take into account

   "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"

7. countverb

   name or recite the numbers in ascending order

   "The toddler could count to 100"

8. count, numberverb

   put into a group

   "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members"

9. countverb

   include as if by counting

   "I can count my colleagues in the opposition"

10. countverb

    have a certain value or carry a certain weight

    "each answer counts as three points"

11. count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckonverb

    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. reckon, countverb

    take account of

    "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. countnoun

   The male ruler of a county; also known as an earl, especially in England. The female equivalent is countess.

2. Etymology: From counten, from conter, from conter, from computare, present active infinitive of computo. Displaced native tellen (from tellan) and rimen (from riman).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Countnoun

   Etymology: compte, French; computus, Latin.

   1. Number.

   That we up to your palaces may mount,
   Of blessed saints for to increase the count. Edmund Spenser, Epithal.

   By my count,
   I was your mother much upon these years. William Shakespeare, Ro. and Jul.

   2. Reckoning.

   Since I saw you last,
   There is a change upon you.
   ———— Well, I know not
   What counts hard fortune casts upon my face. William Shakespeare.

2. Countnoun

   A title of foreign nobility; an earl.

   Etymology: compte, French; computus, Latin.

3. To COUNTverb

   Etymology: compter, Fr. computare, Latin.

   1. To number; to tell.

   Here through this grate I can count every one,
   And view the Frenchmen. William Shakespeare, Henry VI. p. i.

   The vicious count their years; virtuous, their acts. Johns.

   For the preferments of the world, he that would reckon up all the accidents that they depend upon, may as well undertake to count the sands, or to sum up infinity. Robert South, Sermons.

   When men in sickness ling’ring lie,
   They count the tedious hours by months and years. Dryden.

   Argos now rejoice, for Thebes lies low;
   Thy slaughter’d sons now smile, and think they won,
   When they can count more Theban ghosts than theirs. Dryd.

   2. To preserve a reckoning.

   Some people in America counted their years by the coming of certain birds amongst them at their certain seasons, and leaving them at others. John Locke.

   3. To reckon; to place to an account.

   He believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness. Gen. xv. 6.

   Not barely the plowman’s pains is to be counted into the bread we eat; the labour of those who broke the oxen, must all be charged on the account of labour. John Locke.

   4. To esteem; to account; to reckon; to consider as having a certain character, whether good or evil.

   When once it comprehendeth any thing above this, as the differences of time, affirmations, negations, and contradictions in speech, we then count it to have some use of natural reason. Richard Hooker, b. i. sect. 6.

   Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial. 1 Sam. i.

   Nor shall I count it heinous to enjoy
   The publick marks of honour and reward
   Conferr’d upon me. John Milton, Agonist. l. 991.

   You would not wish to count this man a foe!
   In friendship, and in hatred, obstinate. Ambrose Philips, Briton.

   5. To impute to; to charge to.

   All th’ impossibilities, which poets
   Count to extravagance of loose description,
   Shall sooner be. Nicholas Rowe, Ambitious Step-mother.

4. To Countverb

   To found an account or scheme: with upon.

   I think it a great errour to count upon the genius of a nation as a standing argument in all ages. Jonathan Swift.

Webster Dictionary(3.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Countverb

   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

2. Countverb

   to place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging

3. Countverb

   to esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider

4. Countverb

   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

5. Countverb

   to reckon; to rely; to depend; -- with on or upon

6. Countverb

   to take account or note; -- with

7. Countverb

   to plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count

8. Countverb

   the act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting

9. Countverb

   an object of interest or account; value; estimation

10. Countverb

    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

11. Countnoun

    a nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl

12. Etymology: [F. conte, fr. L. comes, comitis, associate, companion, one of the imperial court or train, properly, one who goes with another; com- + ire to go, akin to Skr. i to go.]

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1. Count

   Count or Countess is a title in European countries for a noble of varying status, but historically deemed to convey an approximate rank intermediate between the highest and lowest titles of nobility. The word count came into English from the French comte, itself from Latin comes—in its accusative comitem—meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor". The adjective form of the word is "comital". The British and Irish equivalent is an earl. Alternative names for the "Count" rank in the nobility structure are used in other countries, such as Graf in Germany and Hakushaku during the Japanese Imperial era.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Count

   kownt, n. on the Continent, a title of nobility equal in rank to an English earl:—fem. Count′ess, the wife of a count or earl (fem. of earl).—ns. Count′ship, a count's dignity or domain (also used as a title); Coun′ty, a portion of a country separated for the administration of justice: a shire; Coun′ty-fam′ily, a family of the nobility or gentry (Coun′ty-people), with estates and a seat in the county. [O. Fr. conte—L. comes, comitis, a companion, con, with, īre, itum, to go.]

2. Count

   kownt, v.t. to number, sum up: to ascribe: esteem: consider.—v.i. to add to or increase a number by being counted to it: to depend.—n. act of numbering: the number counted: a particular charge in an indictment.—adj. Count′able, capable of being counted.—ns. Count′er, he who or that which counts: that which indicates a number: a piece of metal, &c., used in reckoning: a table on which money is counted or goods laid; Count′ing-house, Count′ing-room, the house or room in which merchants keep their accounts and transact business.—adj. Count′less, that cannot be counted: innumerable.—n. Count′-wheel, a wheel with notched edge controlling the stroke of a clock in sounding the hours. [O. Fr. cunter (Fr. compter)—L. computāre.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. count

   To calculate an accurate and specific number.

   The machine can count the number of items through the use of specific software.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 29, 2020  

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   count

   To use the mind to create mathematical calculations.

   We have all been taught to count using the ability of our mind.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 29, 2020  

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'count' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4384

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'count' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1876

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'count' in Nouns Frequency: #1325

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'count' in Verbs Frequency: #405

How to pronounce count?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of count in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of count in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of count in a Sentence

1. Elon Musk:

   It was life or death, those betting against the company were right by all conventional standards that we would fail. But they just did not count on this unconventional situation of creating an assembly line in a parking lot in a tent.

2. Alexander Rahr:

   The Poles and the Balkan states have found ways to receive LNG, let some time pass and see if the diversification is real. They will come to a point when they start to count their money.

3. Morgan Stanley:

   Brent crude prices (are) attempting to rally on rapid week-on-week reduction in U.S. ... rig count.

4. New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan:

   Washington has lost its way on too many of the priorities that matter to New Hampshire, and you can count on me to take my bipartisan approach, my common sense and my commitment to problem-solving and results to the Senate.

5. New CEO Chris Kempczinski:

   Getting United States to positive guest count growth for us is the number one priority.

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