count

¹count

verb \ˈkau̇nt, dialect ˈkyau̇nt\

Definition of COUNT

transitive verb

1

a : to indicate or name by units or groups so as to find the total number of units involved : number

b : to name the numbers in order up to and including <count ten>

c : to include in a tallying and reckoning <about 100 present, counting children>

d : to call aloud (beats or time units) <count cadence> <count eighth notes>

2

a : consider, account <count oneself lucky>

b : to record as of an opinion or persuasion <count me as uncommitted>

3

: to include or exclude by or as if by counting <count me in>

intransitive verb

1

a : to recite or indicate the numbers in order by units or groups <count by fives>

b : to count the units in a group

2

: to rely or depend on someone or something —used with on <counted on his parents to help with the expenses>

3

: add, total <it counts up to a sizable amount>

4

a : to have value or significance <these are the people who really count> <his opinions don't count for much>

b : to deserve to be regarded or considered <a job so easy it hardly counts as work>

— and counting

: with more to come <in business for 50 years and counting>

— count heads or count noses

: to count the number present

— count on

: to look forward to as certain : anticipate <counted on winning>

Examples of COUNT

1. Count the plates on the table.
2. She made sure to count her change.
3. Count how many fingers I am holding up.
4. He counted seven deer in the field.
5. There are 10 days left until the end of school, counting from today.
6. Keep counting until there are no more left to count.
7. Don't interrupt me. I'm counting.
8. Can your daughter count yet?
9. There will be 150 people at the wedding, not counting children.

Origin of COUNT

Middle English, from Anglo-French cunter, counter, from Latin computare, from com- + putare to consider

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to COUNT

Synonyms

enumerate, number, tell

Related Words

add (up), tally, total; calculate, compute, reckon, table, tabulate; check, mark, tick (off); recount

Near Antonyms

distrust, mistrust, question, suspect

Rhymes with COUNT

fount, mount

²count

noun

Definition of COUNT

1

a : the action or process of counting

b : a total obtained by counting : tally

2

archaic

a : reckoning, account

b : consideration, estimation

3

a : allegation, charge; specifically : one separately stating the cause of action or prosecution in a legal declaration or indictment <guilty on all counts>

b : a specific point under consideration : issue

4

: the total number of individual things in a given unit or sample obtained by counting all or a subsample of them <bacteria count>

5

a : the calling off of the seconds from one to ten when a boxer has been knocked down

b : the number of balls and strikes charged to a baseball batter during one turn <the count stood at 3 and 2>

c : score <tied the count with a minute to play>

6

a : a measurement of the thickness or fineness of yarn by determining the number of hanks or yards per pound it produces

b : the number of threads per square inch in a cloth

First Known Use of COUNT

14th century

Other Mathematics and Statistics Terms

abscissa, denominator, divisor, equilateral, exponent, hypotenuse, logarithm, oblique, radii, rhomb

³count

noun

Definition of COUNT

: a European nobleman whose rank corresponds to that of a British earl

Origin of COUNT

Middle English, from Anglo-French cunte, from Late Latin comit-, comes, from Latin, companion, one of the imperial court, from com- + ire to go — more at issue

First Known Use: 15th century

Other Foreign Functionary Terms

despot, emir, wardrobe, yeoman

count

noun    (Concise Encyclopedia)

European title of nobility, ranking in modern times directly below a marquess or (in countries without marquesses) a duke. In England the title of earl is the equivalent of count and ranks above a viscount. The wife of a count or earl is a countess. The Roman comes (“count”) was originally a household companion of the emperor; under the Franks he was a local commander and judge. The counts were later incorporated into the feudal structure, some becoming subordinate to dukes, though a few countships were as great as duchies. As royal authority was reasserted over the feudatories, which took place at different times in the different kingdoms, the counts lost their political authority, though they retained their privileges as members of the nobility.

Variants of COUNT

count or earl