COUNTED Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

counted

verb

past tense of count

as in told

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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Relevance

as in mattered

to be of importance punctuality and a neat appearance count during a job interview

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as in relied

to place reliance or trust I'm counting on you to show up tomorrow to help me move

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as in considered

to think of in a particular way I'm not sure I'd count that as a serious effort

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of counted In a stunning political comeback, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been elected president of Brazil, according to official results from Sunday's runoff election, with more than 96% of the votes counted. — Catherine Osborn, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026 Everyone who resides in our country matters and should be counted. — Julie Morita, Time, 25 Oct. 2026 Candidates who expect to win don’t start talking about contesting the results before the votes are counted. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 The Lincoln Media Foundation was started by leaders of the historic Lincoln Club, which was founded in 1962 and once counted John Wayne and former President Nixon as members. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026 The facts, however, are altogether against any such conclusion, for quite recently no less than 50 artificial butter factories were counted in this city, and large quantities of artificial butter are sold to the customer as genuine butter. — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 But their ballot is provisional, and it is not supposed to be counted until the voter is verified by state officials. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026 But no one can know for sure who will turn out until after votes are counted — polls aren’t predictions, only snapshots in time. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026 About 550,000 took part in protests across France, according to authorities, while organizers counted about 800,000. — Sylvie Corbet, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for counted

Verb

Switzerland's foreign ministry told The Associated Press on Friday that the woman, married to a Swiss diplomat in Nigeria, had not visited Congo and was believed to have contracted Ebola while traveling to Uganda.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Scholten told Semafor that experience positions Turek to convert frustrated Republicans.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of told

Verb

Commonly considered one of the world’s worst invasive species, the green crab has successfully invaded every continent except Antarctica.

— Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
However, the probability of serious adverse health effects is still considered low.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of considered

Verb

Since rates are computed by dividing the number of cases by the population at risk in a specified time period, then by definition, if the number of cases stays the same but the size of the denominator shrinks, the rates will be higher.

— Nancy Krieger, STAT, 9 Oct. 2026
Every decision—what to recommend, what to rank, what to suppress—is computed for that one customer at that one moment.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of computed

Verb

In November 2025, Tesla shareholders weighed a nonbinding proposal for the carmaker to invest in xAI, Musk’s AI startup.

— Heather Occhino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
But since the scale couldn't produce a printout of the official weight, which is required for breaking a record in Pennsylvania, Taylor had to get the fish weighed somewhere else.

— Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of weighed

Verb

The numbers were distributed evenly across the incoming beam, and whether the photon passed the polarizer depended on its number and the polarizer’s angle.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Our survival depended on knowing our place within it, and on strong relations with our neighbors.

— Amelia Rose Barlow, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of depended

Verb

Although denim is often regarded as a classic American fabric, its origins likely lie elsewhere.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
The junior guard is regarded as one of the best midrange shooters in the country, but is looking to expand her game as a starter at TCU.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026