Definition of count off (something)
- She counted off all the things she wanted to do.
- He counted the reasons off on his fingers
: to indicate or name by units or groups so as to find the total number of units involved : number
: to name the numbers in order up to and including
: to include in a tallying and reckoning
: the action or process of counting
: a total obtained by counting : tally
: reckoning, account
: a European nobleman whose rank corresponds to that of a British earl
: from a place or position
: at a distance in space or time
: from a course : aside
used as a function word to indicate physical separation or distance from a position of rest, attachment, or union
: to seaward of
: from the possession or charge of
: seaward
: right
: more removed or distant
: to go away : depart
: kill, murder
: competition : contest
: some indeterminate or unspecified thing
: some indeterminate amount more than a specified number
: a person or thing of consequence
: in some degree : somewhat
used as an intensive giving adverbial force to an adjective
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