count 1 of 2

noun

Definition of countnext
1
as in tally
a total number obtained or recorded by noting each thing as it was being added my count for the number of bird species and subspecies that visited the sanctuary that weekend was 43

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2
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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count

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verb

ˈkau̇nt How to pronounce count (audio)
1
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 consider
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
Noun
Davis stands accused of orchestrating Shakur’s murder and faces a count of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in the rapper’s death. — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2026 Combs is serving a 50-month prison sentence for his conviction in July 2025 on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
Your home, one vehicle, household items, personal possessions and certain other assets generally aren't counted. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 The ruling does not determine whether police collection of wireless signals detected by SignalTrace would also count as a search. — Nicole M. Bennett, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for count
Recent Examples of Synonyms for count
  1. tally
  2. indictment
  3. tell
  4. matter
  5. rely
  6. consider
  7. score
  8. charge
Noun
  • House of the Dragon (995 million) drew its largest weekly tally of season three so far, up from 969 million minutes a week earlier.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Cases across the country The Michigan case numbers are different from the CDC's tally.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of tally
Noun
  • Tarrant County District Attorney In mid-November 1996, Narez shook her daughter, Kasandra White, and threw the child into a wall, causing her head to strike a door, according to the 1999 Tarrant County grand jury indictment.
    — S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The indictment revealed that prosecutors had bugged the Aisenbergs' home for three months after Sabrina's disappearance.
    — Curran Rastogi, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of indictment
Verb
  • Davis also told Las Vegas police about his role in Tupac’s death.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
  • In summer 2022, the Today host told her audience how the then five-year-old used her allowance to buy an ice cream cone for a local restaurant manager.
    — Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of tell
Verb
  • If a supervisor pings you near dinner, offer a time tomorrow and put the pot on the stove, because your steadiness matters at home.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Moments like these are when live traffic experts matter the most.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of matter
Verb
  • Instead of trying to locate bears in the wild, the survey relies on hair samples collected in barbed wire traps, which can be used to identify individual bears based on their DNA.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Paramount appears to be, as a recent THR report detailed, finally turning its attention to women after so many years relying on the work of Taylor Sheridan and his abundant testosterone.
    — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of rely
Verb
  • The September window aligns perfectly with annual carrier upgrade cycles, prompting consumers to renew contracts and consider new iPhones.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • During a californium-252 separation campaign in 2015, Delmau considered whether a different solvent extraction technique could eliminate a lengthy step in the process.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of consider
Noun
  • Aside from the team information, shown below is each game’s rating, the probability of the favorite winning, the median score for each team and the median margin of victory for the favorite.
    — Loren Maxwell, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • That score held until two outs in the ninth, when Smith delivered the game-tying single that set the Giants’ latest loss in motion.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of score
Noun
  • One stores and processes incoming charge, while another traps electrons to control how quickly the device returns to its original state.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2026
  • What goes on the purchase order are continuity, portability, data exit at no additional charge, deprecation notice windows, escrowed weights, the right to run the thing yourself when the relationship ends.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
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