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Definition of count (someone) in

: to plan to include (someone) in an activity : to consider (someone) as one of the people who will be doing something
  • "Do you want to go to the beach with us?" "Yes! Count me in!"

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count play

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

  2. : to name the numbers in order up to and including

  3. : to include in a tallying and reckoning

  1. : the action or process of counting

  2. : a total obtained by counting : tally

  3. : reckoning, account

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

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someone play

  1. : some person : somebody

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