count on

verb

counted on; counting on; counts on

transitive verb

: to look forward to as certain : anticipate

counted on winning

Examples of count on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Many victims feel embarrassed or confused and wait, and that delay is exactly what the scammers are counting on. — Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026

How The Bottleneck Gets Built For a long time, leadership meant being the one with the answers—the person who held the vision, set the standard and could be counted on to make the call. — Daria Rudnik, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Though enterprises could once count on AI companies to subsidize the price of large language models via flat-rate contracts, that’s no longer a given, as the rising cost of computational power forces the entire tech sector into a defensive posture. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 8 July 2026

Dolce & Gabbana and Philipp Plein could be counted on to deliver maximalism. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 8 July 2026

Rhymes for count on

• anton
• argon
• axon
• baronne
• baryon
• baton
• boron
• buisson
• bygone
• capon
• cardon
• chiffon