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   count

   /kaʊnt/

   verb

   • 1. determine the total number of (a collection of items): "I started to count the stars I could see" Similar add upadd togetherfind the sum ofsum upreckon upfigure upcalculatecomputeenumeratetotaltallyaddtot updated:cast upkeep a tally ofkeep a count ofkeep a record ofcount upcount offenumeratetellwork out
   • ▪ recite numbers in ascending order: "hold the position as you count to five"
   • 2. take into account; include: "the staff has shrunk to four, or five if you count the European director" Similar includetake into accounttake account oftake into considerationallow forincorporate
   • ▪ regard or be regarded as possessing a specified quality or fulfilling a specified role: "she met some rebuffs from people she had counted as her friends" Similar considerthinkfeelregardlook on asview assee ashold to bejudgeadjudgerate asdeem to beaccountesteem
   • 3. be significant: "it did not matter what the audience thought—it was the critics that counted" Similar matterenter into considerationbe of consequencebe of accountbe significantsignifymean anythingmean a lotamount to anythingratebe importantbe influentialcarry weightweighmake an impressioninformal:cut any icehave any clout
   • ▪ (of a factor) play a part in influencing opinion for or against someone or something: "he hopes his sporting attitude will count in his favour"

   noun

   • 1. an act of determining the total number of something: "at the last count, fifteen applications were still outstanding" Similar calculationenumerationcomputationreckoningcountingtellingtallytallyingtotting uppollcensuslistingregister
   • ▪ the total determined by counting: "there was a moderate increase in the white cell count in both patients" Similar amountnumbertallytotaltotal numbersum totalgrand totalfull amountaggregatewhole
   • 2. an act of reciting numbers in ascending order, up to the specified number: "hold the position for a count of seven"
   • ▪ an act of reciting numbers up to ten by the referee when a boxer is knocked down, the boxer being considered knocked out if still down when ten is reached: "he dropped by the ropes to take a count of six on one knee"
   • 3. a point for discussion or consideration: "the programme remained vulnerable on a number of counts"
   • ▪ a separate charge in an indictment: "he pleaded guilty to five counts of murder"
   • 4. the measure of the fineness of a yarn expressed as the weight of a given length or the length of a given weight.
   • ▪ a measure of the fineness of a woven fabric expressed as the number of warp or weft threads in a given length.

   Word Origin Middle English (as a noun): from Old French counte (noun), counter (verb), from the verb computare ‘calculate’ (see compute).

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   What does it mean to count something?

   • Counting something involves using a one-to-one function. For instance, when making reservations at a restaurant, you count the number of attendees. If there are five, that means one person corresponds to one seat.

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   What is the origin of the word count?

   • Word Originverb Middle English (as a noun): from Old French counte (noun), counter (verb), from the verb computare ‘calculate’, from com- ‘together’ + putare ‘to settle (an account)’. The movie's ticket sales add up to $39 million, and counting. She could count on the fingers of one hand the people she actually enjoyed being with.

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   • Count: Korean Translation

     COUNT translate: 계산하다, 수를 세다, 중요하다, 셈. Learn more in the...

   • Count Spanish Translation

     COUNT translate: contar, contar, cómputo, número total,...

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     COUNT meaning: 1. to say numbers one after the other in...

   • Count: Catalan Translation

     count translate: comptar, comptar, comptar, compte,...

   • Count: Japanese Translation

     COUNT translate: ～を数える, ～が数を順に言う, ～が価値がある, 計算, 計算（けいさん）する,...

   • Count: Russian Translation

     COUNT translate: считать, подсчитывать , считать, считать,...

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   1. a. : to indicate or name by units or groups so as to find the total number of units involved : number. Count the pages of the manuscript. b. : to name the numbers in order up to and including. Count ten. c. : to include in a tallying and reckoning. about 100 present, counting children. d. : to call aloud (beats or time units) Count cadence.

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   To count is to calculate how many or how much of something there is. A first grade teacher might stop and count her students before they board a bus after a field trip. You can count your money, adding up the dollars and quarters, or count the calories in the food you eat each day.

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   Count definition: to check over (the separate units or groups of a collection) one by one to determine the total number; add up; enumerate. See examples of COUNT used in a sentence.

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   A count is the action of counting a particular set of things, or the number that you get when you have counted them.

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