count
/kaʊnt/ verb A2- To recite numbers in sequence. · Can you count to a hundred?· The psychiatrist asked her to count down from a hundred by sevens.
- To determine the number of (objects in a group). · Count the number of apples in the bag and write down the number on the spreadsheet.
- To amount to, to number in total.
- To be of significance; to matter; to be considered (as something); to be included (of something). · Your views don’t count here.· It does count if you cheat with someone when you’re drunk.
- To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun. · Apples count as a type of fruit.
- To consider something as an example of something or as having some quality; to account, to regard as. · He counts himself a hero after saving the cat from the river.· I count you as more than a friend.
- To reckon in, to include in consideration. · They walked for three days, not counting the time spent resting.
Plural count · He/she/it counts · Past counted · Past participle counted · -ing form counting
Verb forms
- Base form
- count
- He/she/it
- counts
- Past
- counted
- Past participle
- counted
- -ing form
- counting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- count down To announce the passage of time to a precisely timed expe...
- count in To include (someone) in an activity, etc.
- count off To count (a number of things), typically aloud.
- count on To rely on, trust, or expect.
- count out To exclude; to dismiss from participation or eligibility.
- count up To count (things or people) so as to add up and get a sum...
From the library
She counted the days that must intervene before their invitation could be sent--hopeless of seeing him before.
Count the cost before you commit yourselves.
“Well, then, after this first visit has been made we shall count on you.”
Except the knowledge of blazons, that enables me to decipher them, I am very ignorant of heraldry—I, a count of a fresh creation, fabricated in Tuscany by the aid of a commandery of St.
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