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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Recent Examples of counted Only transfers completed while both teams were simultaneously in the Premier League are included, with loans also counted. — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026 By the turn of the twentieth century, the area counted some forty maisons du cheval, including riding schools and makers of saddles, harnesses, and carriages. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026 The filing added that eligibility for mail-in and absentee voting will continue to be governed by state law and state and local officials will determine who is eligible to use the method and which ballots are eligible to be counted. — Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 What counted as feminist was whether a woman knew herself well enough to make her own choices rather than be defined as the daughter or wife of a man. — ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026 Some of those parties won’t even reach the 5% threshold to have any of their votes counted, which is why the AfD could secure power with less than half the electorate. — Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026 The State Board of Elections voted along party lines to direct county officials to reject certain absentee ballots for certain errors that previously would not have prevented a vote from being counted. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2026 As more votes were counted, Raman overtook Pratt to face Bass in the November runoff. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 The perfect start was snapped by a 27-14 loss at Long Beach State — which counted as a conference game despite Long Beach competing in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 31 Aug. 2026

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Verb

The pound also drew support at the start of the Iran conflict in April on outsized market expectations for a monetary policy response to inflation fears from the Bank of England, Jane Foley, senior FX strategist at Rabobank, told CNBC.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
As an aside, imagine the outcry there would be from Leclerc fans if Ferrari had told him to back up Hamilton.

— Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of told

Verb

Weiss had not managed since 2016, but his experience mattered to Anthopoulos.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Some of our friends, who’d assumed that abstract art was all that any longer really mattered, were wondering if Jack’s nudes were radical or retro or if retro was the new radical.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of mattered

Verb

The concept of growing sod on plastic is one the NFL has really relied on quite heavily to be able to have the level of quality and the ability to turn around and replace a field midseason.

— Tim Graham, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, has relied on the Red Sea route since the Iran conflict effectively closed Hormuz, through which a fifth of global oil used to flow.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of relied

Verb

Things like remaining schedule and other factors are considered, along with the team itself.

— Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
The average age of those planes is 30 years, not considered much older than the average age of Amazon’s entire fleet, which is nearly 27 years.

— Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of considered

Verb

The study also computed the pre-tax and after-tax returns for overlapping 30-year periods and found that the tax drag varied over time.

— Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Other planning engines run scenarios sequentially, in cycles measured in hours, which is why their AI can only report on what has already been computed rather than reasoning live, KetteQ said.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of computed

Verb

Balance transfers may cause a temporary dip, but that impact should be weighed against the potential savings and the opportunity to pay down your balances faster.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026
The plane's cargo weighed 32,222 pounds and consisted primarily of contact lenses.

— Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of weighed

Verb

Call-ins were standard at the time; network morning shows and radio stations also depended on accounts from people on the streets.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026
The theater district was one of the major engines of New York's tourism economy, supporting the restaurants, hotels, bars, shops, cab drivers, and thousands of workers whose livelihoods depended on people coming into Manhattan.

— Krystie Lee Yandoli, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of depended

Verb

Published posthumously in 2013, the subsequent Work and Structure became a literary phenomenon in Germany and is now regarded as one of the defining works of contemporary German literature.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026
Detractors will undoubtedly argue that his peak 2023-24 season, having joined in 2021, is now regarded as the exception rather than the rule across five years in which Bailey could not consistently reach the heights his talent had promised.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026