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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.

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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.

Noun
the act of counting; "the counting continued for several hours"

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

Noun
the total number counted; "a blood count"

Verb
include as if by counting; "I can count my colleagues in the opposition"

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

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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"

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name or recite the numbers; "The toddler could count to 100"

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determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"

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show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender''s youth and was lenient"

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have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much"

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put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members"

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging.

v. t.
To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider.

v. i.
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.

v. i.
To reckon; to rely; to depend; -- with on or upon.

v. i.
To take account or note; -- with

v. i.
To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.

v. t.
The act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting.

v. t.
An object of interest or account; value; estimation.

v. t.
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.

n.
A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl.

Count

Count (kount), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counted; p. pr. & vb. n. Counting.] [OF. conter, and later (etymological spelling) compter, in modern French thus distinguished; conter to relate (cf. Recount, Account), compter to count; fr. L. computuare to reckon, compute; com- + putare to reckon, settle, order, prune, orig., to clean. See Pure, and cf. Compute.] 1. 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.

Who can count the dust of Jacob?

In a journey of forty miles, Avaux counted only three miserable cabins.

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

Abracham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

3. To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider.

I count myself in nothing else so happy As in a soul remembering my good friends.

To count out. (a) To exclude (one) will not particapate or cannot be depended upon. (b) (House of Commons) To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present. (c) To prevent the accession of (a person) to office, by a fraudulent return or count of the votes cast; -- said of a candidate really elected. [Colloq.] Syn. -- To calculate; number; reckon; compute; enumerate. See Calculate.

Count

Count, v. i. 1. 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.

This excellent man . . . counted among the best and wisest of English statesmen.

2. To reckon; to rely; to depend; -- with on or upon.

He was brewer to the palace; and it was apprehended that the government counted on his voice.

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

3. To take account or note; -- with of. [Obs.] "No man counts of her beauty." Shak. 4. (Eng. Law) To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count. Burrill.

Count

Count, n. [F. conte and compte, with different meanings, fr. L. computus a computation, fr. computare. See Count, v. t.] 1. The act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting.

Of blessed saints for to increase the count.

By this count, I shall be much in years.

2. An object of interest or account; value; estimation. [Obs.] "All his care and count." Spenser. 3. (Law) 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. Wharton. &hand; In the old law books, count was used synonymously with declaration. When the plaintiff has but a single cause of action, and makes but one statement of it, that statement is called indifferently count or declaration, most generally, however, the latter. But where the suit embraces several causes, or the plaintiff makes several different statements of the same cause of action, each statement is called a count, and all of them combined, a declaration. Bouvier. Wharton.

Count

Count, n. [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.] A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl. &hand; Though the tittle Count has never been introduced into Britain, the wives of Earls have, from the earliest period of its history, been designated as Countesses. Brande & C. Count palatine. (a) Formerly, the proprietor of a county who possessed royal prerogatives within his county, as did the Earl of Chester, the Bishop of Durham, and the Duke of Lancaster. [Eng.] See County palatine, under County. (b) Originally, a high judicial officer of the German emperors; afterward, the holder of a fief, to whom was granted the right to exercise certain imperial powers within his own domains. [Germany]

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.

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.

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

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

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Usage Examples

And I'm afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.

Don't count out other amazing programming like Frontline. You will still find more hours of in-depth news programming, investigative journalism and analysis on PBS than on any other outlet.

Beauty is not something you can count on. Usually, when people say you are beautiful, it is when there is a harmony between the inside and the outside.

How do I love Tim McGraw? Let me count the ways: I love that he's a country boy with a city sensibility. I love that he refuses to be pegged, and his duet with Nelly proves it. And I really love that he had the brains to marry Faith Hill.

I can count all the ways in which being a mother has enriched my understanding of the world, of character, my sense of the future and my attachment to it. I can't imagine what kind of writer I'd be if I didn't have my kids.

Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.

Happiness was not made to be boasted, but enjoyed. Therefore tho others count me miserable, I will not believe them if I know and feel myself to be happy nor fear them.

Conservatives shouldn't count on the Supreme Court to do our work for us on Obamacare. The Court may rule as it should, and strike down the mandate. But it may not. And even if it does, the future of health care in America - and for that matter, the future of limited government - depends ultimately on the verdict of the American people.

For 13 to be unlucky would require there to be some kind of cosmic intelligence that counts things that humans count and that also makes certain things happen on certain dates or in certain places according to whether the number 13 'is involved' or not (whatever 'is involved' might mean).

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Other Usage Examples

All science requires mathematics. The knowledge of mathematical things is almost innate in us. This is the easiest of sciences, a fact which is obvious in that no one's brain rejects it for laymen and people who are utterly illiterate know how to count and reckon.

But I think it's hard for me to only put out one record a year. Because I get too antsy. But it's good I'm learning to do that, because each record counts. And you should make it count.

But you can count the dead bodies from alcohol, tobacco, and legal pharmaceuticals by the millions.

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

A pregnant woman facing the most dire circumstances must be able to count on her doctor to do what is medically necessary to protect her from serious physical harm.

How many movies do you see when you can say this director really knew what film he wanted to make? I can count them on the fingers of one hand.

Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society's tools, neither more nor less.

Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.

I can count on one hand how many people I trust.