count1
  
  v.
      - determine the total number of.
 - recite numbers in ascending order. 
▸
(count down)
 recite or display numbers backwards to zero to indicate remaining time, especially before the launch of a rocket.
 ▸
(count something out)
 take out items one by one, keeping a note of how many one takes.
 ▸
(count someone out)
 complete a count of ten seconds over a fallen boxer to indicate defeat.
 ▸
(count something out)
 Brit. procure the adjournment of the House of Commons when fewer than forty members are present.
 - take into account; include. 
▸
(count someone in or out)
 include (or not include) someone in a planned activity.
 - regard or be regarded as possessing a quality or fulfilling a role:
 people she had counted as her friends.
 - matter; be significant:
 it was the critics that counted.
 - 
(count on/upon)
 rely on.
 
n.
   - an act of counting. 
▸the total determined by counting.
 ▸a referee's count of up to ten seconds when a boxer is knocked down.
 - a point for discussion or consideration. 
▸Law  a separate charge in an indictment.
 - the measure of the fineness of a yarn or woven fabric.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    - count one's blessings
 be grateful for what one has.  - count the cost
 calculate the consequences of a careless or foolish action.  - count the days 
(or hours)
 be impatient for time to pass.  - keep 
(or lose)
 count
 take note of (or forget) the number or amount when counting.  - out 
(or N. Amer. also down)
 for the count
 Boxing  defeated by being knocked to the ground and unable to rise within ten seconds. 
   
  Derivative
  
    - countable adj.
  - countably adv.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME (as n.): from OFr. counte (n.), counter (v.), from L. computare (see compute).
 
  
    
count2
  
  n.
 a foreign nobleman whose rank corresponds to that of an earl.
 
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. conte, from L. comes, comit- ‘companion, overseer, attendant’.