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I. \ˈkau̇nt\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English counten, from Middle French conter, compter, from Latin computare to reckon, compute, from com- + putare to consider, think — more at pave
transitive verb
1.
a. : to indicate, name, or separate (units out of a body of units) one by one or group after group to find the total number of units involved or concerned : number, tally, reckon
< count the pages of a manuscript >
— sometimes used with up or over
< count up the money in the register >
b. : to tell over or name the numbers in regular order up to and including (a specified number)
< count ten before answering >
c. : to include in a tallying and reckoning
< about 100 people present, counting women and children >
d. : to compute or tally mechanically and record a total
< a machine that counts cars crossing the bridge >
e. : to call aloud (beats or time units) especially in the practicing of a musical composition
< count eighth notes >
f.
(1) : to recollect or keep track of the number of cards that have been played in (a specified suit)
< count trumps >
(2) : to estimate or mentally reconstruct the distribution of cards in (another player's hand)
(3) : to count the points in (a hand of cards) — compare point count
2.
a. : consider, account, regard, judge
< count oneself lucky >
< the true dignity of man … is counted folly — W.E.Channing >
b. : estimate, esteem
< he counted it nothing that his follower had sacrificed his life >
c. : to record as of a particular opinion or persuasion
< count me as uncommitted >
< stand and be counted >
d. dialect : suppose, guess, reckon
< I count there's three of them coming >
3. : to amount to : have a total of
< they counted 30 — Lord Byron >
intransitive verb
1. archaic : to think much of something : care about something : take account
< no man counts of her beauty — Shakespeare >
2.
a. : to recite or indicate the numbers in order
< a little child who could not count >
< count by fives >
: count the units in a group
< interrupted while he was counting >
b. : to mark the time by counting aloud the beats in a musical composition
3.
a. : to rely or depend on someone or something in plans or calculations — used with on or upon
< the man they counted on in this crisis — Stuart Cloete >
: look forward to, expect, or plan on something with assured confidence
< count on clear weather >
< counting on his car to get him there on time >
b. : to expect, predict, or take something into consideration — usually used with on
< they count on winning >
< he had not counted on paying and had brought no money >
4. English law, obsolete : to plead in court : state a complaint in court
5. : to add up : amount in number : total — sometimes used with up
< it counts up to a sizable sum >
6.
a. : to have value, meaning, weight, significance, or importance
< landscape counts in the character of a place, but people count more — H.L.Davis >
: merit consideration : be of consequence or account
< these are the men who really count >
b. : to be of account : have status or rank : become classed or regarded
< achievements such as the TVA have counted for far more … than our military power — M.W.Straight >
< the things that counted so much with us when we were young — Louis Bromfield >
7. : to make a score
< counted twice in the third inning >
Synonyms:
tell, enumerate, number: count is likely to call attention to the finding of a total without minimizing the notion of numbering units or groups in the process of attaining to that total
< as many as 30 bonfires could be counted within the whole bounds of the district — Thomas Hardy >
tell, now archaic in suggestion, may center attention on the fact of units being counted
< telling one's beads >
< a shepherd telling his sheep >
enumerate may suggest counting up or totaling with specific and clear treatment of each item
< Pliny enumerates among the trees of Syria the date, pistachio, fig, cedar, juniper, terebinth, and sumac — P.K.Hitti >
< among the enumerated powers, we do not find that of establishing a bank or creating a corporation — John Marshall >
number may suggest either limited allotting or precise ordering in sequence
< the days of every man are numbered >
< to number the volumes on the shelf >
Synonym: see in addition rely.
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II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English counte, from Middle French conte, compte, from Late Latin computus computation, from Latin computare to reckon, compute
1. : the action or process of numbering, counting, or reckoning
< completing the count of the ballots >
2.
a. archaic : a reckoning of money, goods, or conduct
< call to count — Edmund Spenser >
: account; specifically : a statement of stewardship or managing
b. : formulation of a total arrived at by examination of a sample
< a count of white corpuscles >
c. : population enumeration : census
3. archaic : consideration as important : estimation, regard
4. : number or sum total obtained by counting : enumeration, tally
< the official count came to over a hundred >
5.
a. : allegation, charge; specifically : a particular allegation or charge separately stating the cause of action or prosecution in a legal declaration or indictment
< the jury found him innocent on the first count, guilty on the second and third >
< guilty on all counts >
b. : the declaration in common-law pleading when the plaintiff has but one cause of action and makes but one statement of it
c. : a specific point under consideration : issue
< disagreeing on this count >
6.
a. : the calling off of the seconds from one to ten when a boxer has been knocked down
< took a count of nine before getting up >
b. : the number of balls and strikes charged to a baseball batter at one turn
< a full count of 3 and 2 >
c. : the number of bowling pins knocked down with the first bowl of a frame that is added to a spare in the previous frame
d. : an estimate of the number of cards in each suit that were originally dealt to or are still held by another player
< take a count on the opponents' hands >
e. : point count in bridge
f. : a point or points scored in a game or the total points that have been scored up to any particular time
< the count now stands at 15-30 >
7.
a. : an oyster, terrapin, or food fish of a size reckoned as standard or above a specified minimum size — used chiefly in selling by the number
b. : a stem bearing nine or more hands of bananas
c. : the number of sheets of paper or board that make up a given weight or unit
8.
a. : a system of measuring yarns by the number of hanks or yards per pound and indicating size or fineness
b. : the number of warp yarns and weft yarns per inch in a textile fabric — compare pick V 2b
9. : an indication by an enumerating device of an ionizing event (as the arrival of a cosmic-ray particle) or of the total number of such events in a given period; also : a single ionizing event — compare counting tube
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French conte, comte, from Late Latin comit-, comes, from Latin, associate, companion, one of the imperial court or train, literally, one who goes with another, from com- + -it-, -es (from ire to go) — more at issue
: a European nobleman whose rank corresponds to that of a British earl |