Count

[kaʊnt]

Definition

(noun.) the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; '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'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) name or recite the numbers in ascending order; 'The toddler could count to 100'.

(verb.) determine the number or amount of; 'Can you count the books on your shelf?'; 'Count your change'.

(verb.) have weight; have import, carry weight; 'It does not matter much'.

(verb.) put into a group; 'The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members'.

(verb.) have a certain value or carry a certain weight; 'each answer counts as three points'.

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Definition

(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.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Enumerate, number.[2]. Calculate, reckon, compute, estimate, cast, cast up.[3]. Consider, esteem, regard, deem, hold, judge, think, account, look upon.

v. n. Add to the number, swell the number.

n. [1]. Reckoning. 2, (Law.) Particular clause or charge."

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Compute, reckon, enumerate, estimate, number, sum, calculate

ANT:Hazard, conjecture, guess, lump, confound

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Definition

n. on the Continent a title of nobility equal in rank to an English earl:—fem. Count′ess the wife of a count or earl (fem. of earl).—ns. Count′ship a count's dignity or domain (also used as a title); Coun′ty a portion of a country separated for the administration of justice: a shire; Coun′ty-fam′ily a family of the nobility or gentry (Coun′ty-people) with estates and a seat in the county.

v.t. to number sum up: to ascribe: esteem: consider.—v.i. to add to or increase a number by being counted to it: to depend.—n. act of numbering: the number counted: a particular charge in an indictment.—adj. Count′able capable of being counted.—ns. Count′er he who or that which counts: that which indicates a number: a piece of metal &c. used in reckoning: a table on which money is counted or goods laid; Count′ing-house Count′ing-room the house or room in which merchants keep their accounts and transact business.—adj. Count′less that cannot be counted: innumerable.—n. Count′-wheel a wheel with notched edge controlling the stroke of a clock in sounding the hours.

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