1a. To name or list (the units of a group or collection) one by one in order to determine a total; number. b. To recite numerals in ascending order up to and including: count three before firing.c. To include in a reckoning; take account of: ten dogs, counting the puppies.2.Informala. To include by or as if by counting: Count me in.b. To exclude by or as if by counting: Count me out.3. To believe or consider to be; deem: Count yourself lucky.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To recite or list numbers in order or enumerate items by units or groups: counted by tens.2a. To have importance: You really count with me.b. To have a specified importance or value: Their opinions count for little. Each basket counts for two points.3.Music To keep time by counting beats.
NOUN:
1. The act of counting or calculating. 2a. A number reached by counting. b. The totality of specific items in a particular sample: a white blood cell count.3.Law Any of the separate and distinct charges in an indictment. 4.Sports The counting from one to ten seconds, during which time a boxer who has been knocked down must rise or be declared the loser. 5.Baseball The number of balls and strikes that an umpire has called against a batter.
PHRASAL VERBS:
count down To recite numerals in descending order, as during a countdown. count off To recite numbers in turn, as when dividing people or things into groups : The 24 children counted off by twos, forming a dozen pairs.count on1. To rely on; depend on: You can count on my help.2. To be confident of; anticipate: counted on getting a raise.count out To declare (a boxer) out to have been knocked out by calling out the count.
IDIOM:
countheads(or noses) To make a count of members, attendees, or participants by or as if by noting bodily presence.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English counten, from Old French conter, from Latin computre, to calculate : com-, com- + putre, to think; see pau-2 in Appendix I.
SYNONYMS:
count1, import, matter, signify, weigh1 These verbs mean to be of significance or importance: an opinion that counts; actions that import little; decisions that really matter; thoughts that signify much; considerations that weigh with her.
kount
re, to calculate : com-, com- + put
