count

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/kaʊnt/

noun 8verb 5adj 2name 1

Collocations

(noun.) act of counting

VERB + COUNT

do, have

The teacher had a count of all the books before ordering new ones for the library.

PREP

for a ~

The boxer stayed down for a count of eight before getting back up.

PHRASES

at the last/latest count

At the latest count, the school had about 500 students enrolled this year.

(noun.) measurement/total

ADJ

high | low

blood, calorie, cell, pollen, sperm

During the blood count test, the doctor checked how many red cells the patient had.

body, head

The hospital conducted a quick body count after the emergency to ensure all patients were accounted for.

VERB + COUNT

keep

My coach asked me to keep count of how many push-ups I did each day.

lose

After eating so many cookies, she lost count of how many she'd had.

COUNT + VERB

go up, increase, rise

drop, go down

The number of visitors to the museum dropped significantly after the new highway opened nearby.

Definitions

verb

To recite numbers in sequence.

Can you count to a hundred?

The psychiatrist asked her to count down from a hundred by sevens.

To determine the number of (objects in a group).

Count the number of apples in the bag and write down the number on the spreadsheet.

The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted; The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President,[…]

To amount to, to number in total.

They counted thirty, crowded in a space Which left scarce room for motion or exertion; […]

To be of significance; to matter; to be considered (as something); to be included (of something).

Your views don’t count here.

It does count if you cheat with someone when you’re drunk.

To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.

Apples count as a type of fruit.

This excellent man […] counted among the best and wisest of English statesmen.

noun

The act of counting or tallying a quantity.

Give the chairs a quick count to check if we have enough.

Breathe out slowly through your mouth for a count of five.

The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.

By the official count, there are something like thirteen hundred species of birds in the Amazon, but Cohn-Haft thinks there are actually a good many more, because people have relied too much on features like size and plumage and not paid enough attention to sound.

A countdown.

A distinct and separate charge in an indictment or complaint.

Zou, who was living in Elephant and Castle, south-east London, was convicted of 11 counts of rape, with two of the offences relating to one victim. He was also convicted of three counts of voyeurism, 10 of possession of an extreme pornographic image, one of false imprisonment and three of possession of a controlled drug with intent to commit a sexual offence.

Anthony Williams (32), of Langford Road, Peterborough, was arrested and charged with ten counts of attempted murder, one count of ABH (Actual Bodily Harm), and one count of possession of a bladed article.

The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.

He has a 3–2 count with the bases loaded.

adj

Countable.

For example, the term abuse would require at least one definition for the uncount usage ‘invective, insulting language’, and another for the count usage ‘an item of invective, an insult’.

Used to show the amount of like items in a package.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of counting

verb — take account of

reckon

verb — have faith or confidence in

verb — determine the number or amount of

verb — show consideration for

verb — have weight

verb — put into a group

number

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

count sheep

To attempt to go to sleep by thinking of something boring, traditionally by counting imaginary sheep.

don't count your chickens before they're hatched

One should not depend upon a favorable (and typically overoptimistic) outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur.

[...] Make Fools believe in their fore-seeing / Of things before they are in Being; / To swallow Gudgeons ere th' are catch'd, / And count their Chickens ere th' are hatch'd, [...]

count angels on pinheads

To focus on obtaining the correct details of something which are largely irrelevant or unimportant.

…secondly, because it is thought to be wholly destructive, and “something has to be taught” — which is the equivalent of teaching people to count angels on pinheads when you no lon

almost doesn't count

Near success (or near accuracy) is not adequate.

down for the count

Decisively beaten; defeated; rendered irrelevant for the long term.

“But what puts me down for the count is the action of the fellow. Never showed up; just made her miss two performances.”

Example Bank

Can you count to a hundred?

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The psychiatrist asked her to count down from a hundred by sevens.

Wiktionary

Count the number of apples in the bag and write down the number on the spreadsheet.

Wiktionary

Give the chairs a quick count to check if we have enough.

Wiktionary

Breathe out slowly through your mouth for a count of five.

Wiktionary

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, count is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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