count

1. 1

   To recite numbers in sequence.intransitive

   • Can you count to a hundred?
   • The psychiatrist asked her to count down from a hundred by sevens.
2. 2

   To determine the number of (objects in a group).transitive

   • Count the number of apples in the bag and write down the number on the spreadsheet.
3. 3

   To amount to, to number in total.intransitive

   • They counted thirty, crowded in a space Which left scarce room for motion or exertion; […]
4. 4

   To be of significance; to matter; to be considered (as something); to be included (of something).figurativelyintransitive

   • Your views don’t count here.
   • It does count if you cheat with someone when you’re drunk.
5. 5

   To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.figurativelyintransitive

   • Apples count as a type of fruit.
6. 6

   To consider something as an example of something or as having some quality; to account, to regard as.transitive

   • He counts himself a hero after saving the cat from the river.
   • I count you as more than a friend.
7. 7

   To reckon in, to include in consideration.transitive

   • They walked for three days, not counting the time spent resting.
8. 8

   To take account or note (of), to care (for).intransitiveobsolete

   • […]to make her faire, that no man counts of her beauty.
9. 9

   To recount, to tell.obsoletetransitive

10. 10

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

syn. number · count · numerate · tally · tell · tell off

ant. miscount

1. 1

   The act of counting or tallying a quantity.

   • Give the chairs a quick count to check if we have enough.
   • Breathe out slowly through your mouth for a count of five.
2. 2

   The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.

   • By the official count, there are something like thirteen hundred species of birds in the Amazon, but Cohn-Haft thinks there are actually a good many more, because people have relied too much on features like size and plumage and not paid en
3. 3

   A countdown.

4. 4

   A distinct and separate charge in an indictment or complaint.

   • Anthony Williams (32), of Langford Road, Peterborough, was arrested and charged with ten counts of attempted murder, one count of ABH (Actual Bodily Harm), and one count of possession of a bladed article.
5. 5

   The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.

   • He has a 3–2 count with the bases loaded.
6. 6

   An object of interest or account; value; estimation.obsolete

   • When he was readie to his steede to mount / Vnto his way, which now was all his care and count.
7. 7

   Cunt (the taboo swear word)slang

   • That count deserves a punishment.

1. 1

   Countable.not-comparable

   • For example, the term abuse would require at least one definition for the uncount usage ‘invective, insulting language’, and another for the count usage ‘an item of invective, an insult’.
2. 2

   Used to show the amount of like items in a package.not-comparable

1. 1

   The male ruler of a county.

   • After his marriage, John made a progress through the country with his beautiful Elizabeth, and they purchased towns and villages and lands until he became master of nearly half Rügen, and a very considerable count in the country. His father
2. 2

   A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons.

3. 3

   Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and viscounts.