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单词 count
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countverb

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:

Let's count out loud (= speak the words) from one to ten.
The teachers counted the students as they got on to the bus.
Count your money carefully to make sure it's all there.
[ + question word ] We need to count who's here, so we can make sure that no one's missing.
There'll be eight for dinner, counting (= including) ourselves.
We're still waiting for the votes to be counted (up).
count heads

to count the number of people present somewhere:

There look to be about 50 people here - I haven't counted heads yet.

More examples

  • 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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Calculations & calculating

count verb (HAVE VALUE)

B2 [ I ] to have value or importance:

I've always believed that happiness counts more than money.
My opinion doesn't count for anything around here (= no one values my opinion).
Synonym
matter

More examples

  • 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:

I count myself fortunate to have had such a good education.
I've had three jobs in the last five years, but one of them was unpaid, so it doesn't count (= cannot be considered as a real job).
I've always counted Sophia among my closest friends.
I didn't think his grudging remarks really counted as an apology.

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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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Idiom(s)

could count sth on (the fingers of) one hand
count your blessings
count the cost
don't count your chickens before they're hatched

Phrasal verb(s)

count against sb/sth
count sb in
count on sb
count on sth
count sth out
count sb out
count towards sth

countnoun

uk/kaʊnt/us/kaʊnt/

count noun (NUMBER)

C2 [ C ] the act of counting, or the total number of things counted:

Having done a quick count, I find I've planted 25 different ferns.
The current head count (= total number of people) is about 31,500 employees.
We had 450 members at the last count (= when they were last counted).

[ C ] the act of counting the votes in an election, or the event when this happens:

Early counts show Mr Adams in the lead.
The candidate's spouse and election agent are also entitled to be present at the count.
He lost by 3% of the vote, and has challenged the count in court.
keep count

to record how many of something there are, or how many times something has happened:

So many people asked us for help, it was hard to keep count.
lose count

C2 to not be able to remember how many times something has happened:

I've lost count of how many times she's been late for work this month.

[ C ] a scientifically measured amount of something:

a high pollen count
a low blood/sperm count
on the count of three, four, five, etc.

when a particular number is reached:

On the count of three, I'd like you all to stand up.

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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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Elections
Forgetting and forgetfulness
General words for size and amount
Starting from a particular time

count noun (RANK)

[ C ] a European man of the same social rank as an English earl

See also
countess

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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:

The prisoner was found guilty on two counts of murder.

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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:

I'm afraid I disagree with you on all/several counts (= I disagree with all/several of your opinions).

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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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Idiom(s)

be out for the count
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