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as in indictment
a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person
she's been charged with two counts of larceny
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as in to tell
to find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added
count the baseball gloves in the storage locker to see if there are enough to go around
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as in to matter
to be of importance
punctuality and a neat appearance count during a job interview
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as in to rely
to place reliance or trust
I'm counting on you to show up tomorrow to help me move
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as in to exclude
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of
I don't feel well, so count me out for the party tonight
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as in to number
to have a total of
that counts up to a pretty sum over the course of several years
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as in telling
to find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added
count the baseball gloves in the storage locker to see if there are enough to go around
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as in weighing
to be of importance
punctuality and a neat appearance count during a job interview
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as in relying
to place reliance or trust
I'm counting on you to show up tomorrow to help me move
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as in considering
to think of in a particular way
I'm not sure I'd count that as a serious effort
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Recent Examples of count
Mike Schneider, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Ament pleaded guilty in 2022 to two counts of wire fraud, one count of making a false statement to a financial institution and one count of submitting a false tax return.
—Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2025
Thaksin also faces another key legal test in September, when the Supreme Court will decide whether his six-month stint in hospital detention prior to his release on parole in 2024 should count as time served in a jail term for abuse of power and conflicts of interest.
—Reuters, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2025
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Noun
The judge moved the remaining counts of the case from Florida’s southern district to the middle district.
—Mike Schneider, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Ament pleaded guilty in 2022 to two counts of wire fraud, one count of making a false statement to a financial institution and one count of submitting a false tax return.
—Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
The cause, as many re counted, was not bound in the way of private, but having taken up the same day in the day of Lord Palmerston, the public will receive a short statement of the difficulties under which the day of law has reached us.
—ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2025
Thaksin also faces another key legal test in September, when the Supreme Court will decide whether his six-month stint in hospital detention prior to his release on parole in 2024 should count as time served in a jail term for abuse of power and conflicts of interest.
—Reuters, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for count
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Both cuts have reached No. 16 on their respective tallies.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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The final tally — 12 in favor, seven opposed, and one abstention — drew cheers.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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The sculpture, unveiled by the artist Eric Fischl in 2000 and titled Soul in Flight, is worth pausing to look at, for its instructive power and its indictment of the ponderous slabs of metallurgical debris that litter other stadiums and arenas.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
30 Aug. 2025
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After the indictment last year, progress on the project slowed to the point where little to nothing was done on the historic facade for a year.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
29 Aug. 2025
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The 24-year-old finished tied for 13th at the British Masters with an 8-under score, giving him enough points to displace Lowry.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
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Fort Myers ranks number two with a livability score of 85 and one of the largest retiree populations in the nation at 22%.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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The de minimis exemption streamlined processing of overseas shipments and allowed U.S. businesses and consumers to buy low-cost items from abroad without incurring massive charges.—
Kayla Steinberg,
NBC news,
29 Aug. 2025
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Each of the defendants in the case, who range in age from 23 to 48, faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted of the mail and wire fraud conspiracy charge.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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In this event, participants will spend a portion of time in the classroom, learning how the census is performed, and how to identify typical pollinators seen in gardens.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Aug. 2025
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Earlier this summer, the commissioners, led by O’Hare, voted along party lines to redraw the county precincts; such changes usually happen after the decennial census rather than in the middle of the decade.—
Drew Shaw,
ProPublica,
20 Aug. 2025
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Even then, some parents said they felt misled about how seriously the district treated the allegations.—
Hannah Dreyfus,
AZCentral.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The allegations are nearly identical to those levied against Google in 2022, which resulted in a lawsuit that was dismissed in 2024.—
Angele Latham,
The Tennessean,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Count.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/count. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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