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uk/kaʊnt/us/kaʊnt/count verb (NUMBER)
B1 [ I or T ] to say numbers one after the other in order, or to calculate the number of people or things in a group:
to count the number of people present somewhere:
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- She admitted/conceded defeat well before all the votes had been counted.
- He began counting backwards: "Ten, nine, eight ..."
- I counted eight cars parked in their drive this morning!
- I'm going to count how many customers come into the shop between seven and eight o'clock.
- You count to a hundred and we'll go and hide.
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Numbering & counting
- absolute value
- cash
- cash up
- count sth out
- countdown
- counter
- decimal point
- decimalization
- headcount
- innumerate
- modulus
- number
- number line
- numerate
- pagination
- reckon
- reckon sth in
- recount 1
- run
- tot sth up
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count verb (HAVE VALUE)
B2 [ I ] to have value or importance:
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- It's often the little things that count the most.
- She's never lied to me, and in my book that counts for a lot.
- It's quality not quantity that really counts.
- Your health is what counts - the cost of the treatment is not important.
- Your friendship counts more to me than you'll ever know.
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Being important and having importance
- bulk
- bulk large idiom
- centrality
- come
- come before sth/sb
- cut
- cut to the chase idiom
- fish
- have bigger/other fish to fry idiom
- have/take pride of place idiom
- loom
- loom large idiom
- matter
- mean the world to sb idiom
- outweigh
- override
- reign
- rise
- signify
- weigh
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count verb (CONSIDER)
C2 [ I or T ] to consider or be considered as:
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Thinking and contemplating
- -ly
- agonize over/about sth
- chew
- chew sth over
- chew the cud idiom
- chew your cud idiom
- joined-up thinking
- lateral thinking
- let me see/let's see idiom
- let's see idiom
- puzzle
- rack
- reflect
- spare
- take sth into account idiom
- the thought crosses sb's mind idiom
- think sth out
- think sth over
- think sth through
- worry
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Phrasal verb(s)
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uk/kaʊnt/us/kaʊnt/count noun (NUMBER)
C2 [ C ] the act of counting, or the total number of things counted:
[ C ] the act of counting the votes in an election, or the event when this happens:
to record how many of something there are, or how many times something has happened:
C2 to not be able to remember how many times something has happened:
[ C ] a scientifically measured amount of something:
when a particular number is reached:
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Numbering & counting
- absolute value
- cash
- cash up
- count sth out
- countdown
- counter
- decimal point
- decimalization
- headcount
- innumerate
- modulus
- number
- number line
- numerate
- pagination
- reckon
- reckon sth in
- recount 1
- run
- tot sth up
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count noun (RANK)
[ C ] a European man of the same social rank as an English earl
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Royalty, aristocracy & titles
- accession
- archduke
- aristocracy
- aristocrat
- baron
- ennoble
- er
- esquire
- grace
- hereditary peer
- monarchist
- Mr
- Mrs
- nobility
- noble
- sheikh
- sire
- sovereign
- squire
- sultan
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count noun (CRIME)
[ C ] specialized law a particular crime that a person is accused of:
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Crime - general words
- carrying-on
- complicit
- complicity
- copycat
- crime
- DWI
- foul play
- hate crime
- inside job
- juvenile delinquent
- loitering
- misdeed
- offense
- racket
- speeding
- tort
- trespass
- vagrant
- victimless
- war crime
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count noun (OPINION)
[ C ] an opinion in a discussion or argument:
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Opinions, beliefs and points of view
- -ist
- article of faith
- attitude
- attitudinal
- baggage
- banner
- be a matter of opinion idiom
- eye
- judgment
- manifesto
- matter
- mindset
- mythology
- stand
- try sth out on sb
- turn of mind
- voice
- what makes sb tick idiom
- your idea of sth idiom
- your two cents' worth idiom
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