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verb
- 1. determine the total number of (a collection of items): "I started to count the stars I could see" Similar
- 2. take into account; include: "the staff has shrunk to four, or five if you count the European director" Similar
noun
- 1. an act of determining the total number of something: "at the last count, fifteen applications were still outstanding" Similar
- 2. an act of reciting numbers in ascending order, up to the specified number: "hold the position for a count of seven"
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COUNT definition: 1. to say numbers one after the other in order, or to calculate the number of people or things in a…. Learn more.
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.
4 days ago · A count is the action of counting a particular set of things, or the number that you get when you have counted them. The final count in last month's referendum showed 56.7 per cent in favour. At the last count the police in the Rimini area had 247 people in custody. Synonyms: calculation, poll, reckoning, sum More Synonyms of count.
Definition of count verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
n. 1. The act of counting or calculating. 2. a. A number reached by counting.
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.
to include something or someone in a calculation: There are 1500 people at my school, counting teachers. count verb (BE ACCEPTED) to be accepted or allowed as part of something: I've been to sixteen different countries, but I only spent half an hour in Luxembourg, so that doesn't really count. Phrasal verbs. count against sb/sth. count sb in.
count meaning, definition, what is count: to calculate the total number of things ...: Learn more.
Noun. Idiom. Filter. verb. counted, counting, counts. To name numbers in regular order to (a certain number) To count five. Webster's New World. To add up, one by one, by units or groups, so as to get a total. Count the money. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To be taken into account; have importance, value, etc. His opinions don't count.
