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 Federal officials contend the voters’ citizenship must be verified before their ballots are counted and requested that the ballots be set aside. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 3 Nov. 2026 The administration, for its part, said segregating the ballots was a modest request that would eventually allow legal votes to still be counted. — Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026 As the ballots were counted, the campaign continued and intensified. — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026 To be counted, your mail-in ballot must reach your local election office or be placed into a drop box by the time polls close on Election Day. — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026 As polls close across the country and ballots are counted, voters will gather to watch the results of hundreds of races, including contests in the Sacramento region. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2026 After that information is confirmed, your ballot will be processed and counted. — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026 An additional 8,016 mail-in ballots have been counted, bringing the countywide early voting turnout to 296,175. — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 2 Nov. 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for counted

Verb

At the Vatican a day earlier, Leo told the teams from alma mater Villanova and fellow Catholic university Notre Dame that in matters of sport, the pontiff was neutral.

— Andrew Dampf, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
In other cases, developers have told towns that decade-old ideas for enormous retail development of open parcels simply aren’t practical anymore.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of told

Verb

Netanyahu’s governing coalitions have long relied on ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties that have demanded these exemptions remain in place.

— Giovanna Dell'Orto, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Bringing water to Jerusalem Before the aqueduct was built, the landlocked city of Jerusalem relied on the Gihon Spring and rainfall runoff for its entire water supply, Storchan said.

— Michele Chabin, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of relied

Verb

Newsom is widely considered to be planning a presidential bid in 2028.

— Andrew Graham October 27, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
The first three often are considered the science prizes, and since their start in 1901, scientists in the United States have won 44% of those.

— Mattanjah de Vries, Chicago Tribune, 28 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

The space shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry because of a piece of foam that the astronaut estimates might have weighed about as much as a Styrofoam container.

— Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
One was described as a man about 5 feet, 8 inches tall, while the other stood at about 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighed about 180 pounds.

— Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of weighed

Verb

Resilience has never depended on assuming prevention will work every time.

— Rick Vanover, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
The Supreme Court’s recent decision striking down statutory removal protections for agency heads depended on the idea that the agency head was exercising executive authority that must ultimately be accountable to the president.

— C. Joseph Ross Daval, STAT, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of depended

Verb

Cárdenas played a pivotal role in Mexico's democratization, beginning with his first presidential bid in 1988, which ended in a defeat widely regarded as the result of widespread electoral fraud.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Following the advice of the sage Vasishtha, Rama formally renounces Lakshmana, an act regarded as equivalent to death for a righteous person.

— Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026