count1
v.
- determine the total number of.
- recite numbers in ascending order.
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(count down)
recite or display numbers backwards to zero to indicate remaining time, especially before the launch of a rocket.
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(count something out)
take out items one by one, keeping a note of how many one takes.
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(count someone out)
complete a count of ten seconds over a fallen boxer to indicate defeat.
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(count something out)
Brit. procure the adjournment of the House of Commons when fewer than forty members are present.
- take into account; include.
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(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.
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(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’.