count 1
(kount)v. count·ed, count·ing, counts
v.tr.1. a. 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. Informal a. 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.
v.intr.1. To recite or list numbers in order or enumerate items by units or groups: counted by tens.
2. a. 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.
n.1. The act of counting or calculating.
2. a. 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 or causes of action in an indictment or complaint.
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) to have been knocked out by calling out the count.
Idiom: count heads/noses To make a count of members, attendees, or participants.
[Middle English
counten, from Old French
conter, from Latin
computāre,
to calculate :
com-,
com- +
putāre,
to think; see
pau- in
Indo-European roots.]
count 2
(kount)n.1. A nobleman in some European countries.
2. Used as a title for such a nobleman.
[Middle English
counte, from Old French
conte, from Late Latin
comes, comit-,
occupant of any state office, from Latin,
companion; see
ei- in
Indo-European roots.]
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count
(kaʊnt) vb1. (Mathematics) to add up or check (each unit in a collection) in order to ascertain the sum; enumerate: count your change.
2. (Mathematics) (tr) to recite numbers in ascending order up to and including
3. (often foll by: in) to take into account or include: we must count him in.
4. not counting excluding
5. (tr) to believe to be; consider; think; deem: count yourself lucky.
6. (Mathematics) (intr) to recite or list numbers in ascending order either in units or groups: to count in tens.
7. (intr) to have value, importance, or influence: this picture counts as a rarity.
8. (often foll by: for) to have a certain specified value or importance: the job counts for a lot.
9. (Music, other) (intr) music to keep time by counting beats
n10. (Mathematics) the act of counting or reckoning
11. (Mathematics) the number reached by counting; sum
12. (Law) law a paragraph in an indictment containing a distinct and separate charge
13. (General Physics) physics the total number of photons or ionized particles detected by a counter
14. (Mathematics) keep count to keep a record of items, events, etc
15. (Mathematics) lose count to fail to keep an accurate record of items, events, etc
16. (Boxing) boxing wrestling the act of telling off a number of seconds by the referee, as when a boxer has been knocked down or a wrestler pinned by his opponent
17. (Wrestling) boxing wrestling the act of telling off a number of seconds by the referee, as when a boxer has been knocked down or a wrestler pinned by his opponent
18. (Boxing) out for the count boxing knocked out and unable to continue after a count of ten by the referee
19. (Boxing) take the count boxing to be unable to continue after a count of ten
20. archaic notice; regard; account
[C14: from Anglo-French counter, from Old French conter, from Latin computāre to calculate, compute]
count
(kaʊnt) n1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a nobleman in any of various European countries having a rank corresponding to that of a British earl
2. (Historical Terms) any of various officials in the late Roman Empire and under various Germanic kings in the early Middle Ages
3. (Roman Catholic Church) a man who has received an honour (papal knighthood) from the Pope in recognition of good deeds, achievements, etc
[C16: from Old French conte, from Late Latin comes occupant of a state office, from Latin: overseer, associate, literally: one who goes with, from com- with + īre to go]
ˈcountˌship n
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count1
(kaʊnt)
v.t. 1. to check over one by one to determine the total number; add up; enumerate.
2. to reckon up; calculate; compute.
3. to list or name the numerals up to: Close your eyes and count to ten.
4. to include in a reckoning; take into account: Count her among the chosen.
5. to reckon to the credit of another; ascribe; impute.
6. to consider or regard: He counted himself lucky.
v.i. 7. to count the items of a collection to determine the total.
8. to list or name numerals in order.
9. to reckon numerically.
10. to have a specified numerical value.
11. to be accounted or worth something: That try didn't count - I was practicing.
12. to have merit, importance, value, etc.; deserve consideration: Every bit of help counts.
13. count down, to count backward, usu. by ones, from a given integer to zero.
14. count in, to include.
15. count off, to count aloud by turns, as to arrange positions within a group of persons; divide or become divided into groups: Count off from the left by threes.
16. count on or upon, to depend or rely on.
17. count out, a. to declare (a boxer) the loser in a bout because of inability to stand up before the referee has counted to 10.
b. to exclude.
c. to count and apportion or give out.
d. to disqualify (ballots) illegally in counting, in order to control the election.
n. 18. the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation.
19. the number obtained by counting; the total.
20. an accounting.
21. Baseball. the number of balls and strikes, usu. designated in that order, that have been called on a batter during a turn at bat.
22. a separate charge in a legal declaration or indictment: two counts of embezzlement.
23. a. a single ionizing reaction registered by an ionization chamber, as in a Geiger counter.
b. the total number of ionizing reactions so registered.
24. Archaic. regard; notice.
25. the count, the calling out, by the referee, of the numbers from 1 to 10 when a boxer falls to the canvas.
adj. 26. noting a number of items determined by an actual count: The box is labeled 50 count.
Idioms: count heads or noses, to count the number of people present.
[1275–1325; (v.) Middle English < Anglo-French
c(o)unter, Old French
conter < Latin
computāre to
compute]
count2
(kaʊnt)
n. (in some European countries) a nobleman equivalent in rank to an English earl.
[1375–1425; < Anglo-French c(o)unte, Old French conte, comte < Late Latin comitem, acc. of comes honorary title of various imperial functionaries, Latin: retainer, staff member, literally, companion]
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