count
noun
1. the total number counted
- a blood count
Definition categories: quantity, number
2. the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
- the counting continued for several hours
Similar word(s): counting, enumeration, numeration, reckoning, tally
Definition categories: act, investigating, investigation
3. a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl
Definition categories: person, lord, noble, nobleman
Sentences with count as a noun:
- Give the chairs a quick count to check if we have enough.
- He has a 3-2 count with the bases loaded.
verb
1. determine the number or amount of
- Can you count the books on your shelf?
- Count your change
Similar word(s): enumerate, number, numerate
Definition categories: communication, ascertain, determine, find
2. have weight; have import, carry weight
Similar word(s): matter, weigh
Definition categories: stative, be
3. show consideration for; take into account
Similar word(s): consider, weigh
Definition categories: communication
4. name or recite the numbers in ascending order
- The toddler could count to 100
Definition categories: communication, recite
5. put into a group
- The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members
Similar word(s): number
Definition categories: stative, assort, class, classify, separate, sort
6. include as if by counting
- I can count my colleagues in the opposition
Definition categories: cognition, include
7. have a certain value or carry a certain weight
- each answer counts as three points
Definition categories: stative, be
8. have faith or confidence in
- you can count on me to help you any time
Similar word(s): bank, bet, calculate, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear
Definition categories: cognition, trust
9. take account of
- Count on the monsoon
Similar word(s): reckon
Definition categories: cognition, approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge
Sentences with count as a verb:
- Can you count to a hundred? The psychiatrist asked her to count down from a hundred by sevens.
- There are three apples; count them.
- Your views don't count here.
- Apples count as a type of fruit.
- He counts himself a hero after saving the cat from the river.