- count
- I UK [kaʊnt] / US
verb
Word forms "count":
present tense I/you/we/they count he/she/it counts present participle counting past tense counted past participle counted
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1) [intransitive/transitive] to calculate how many people or things there are in a groupAll the votes have been counted.
She put the money in her bag without counting it.
At least 60 people were injured, but we're still counting.
2) [intransitive] to say numbers one after another in ordercount (up) to:I can count up to ten in German.
3) [intransitive/transitive] to include something or someone in a calculation, or to be included in a calculationcount towards:Points scored after the bell do not count.
count as:Marks for project work count towards your final exam result.
count something as something/be counted as something:Do bank holidays count as part of annual leave?
For tax purposes, sick pay is counted as income.
4) [intransitive/transitive] to think of someone or something as a particular thing, or to be thought of as a particular thingcount as:count something as something/be counted as something:That counts as a lie as far as I'm concerned.
count someone as something:Does geography count as a science subject?
count someone among something:Beth had a good voice, but had never counted herself as a real musician.
count yourself lucky/fortunate:He counts John Lennon among his musical influences.
We can count ourselves lucky that none of us got hurt.
5) [intransitive] to be important, or to have influenceYou're late, but you're here; and that's what counts.
count for something/anything/nothing:What really counts is whether you have good computing skills.
They made me feel my views didn't count for anything.
•count the days/hours/minutes etc
— to wait for something that you want very much to happenI'm counting the days until I see you again.
don't count your chickens (before they're hatched)
— used for telling someone not to make plans that depend on the success of something until they are certain that it is successfulwho's counting?
— spoken used for saying that it is not important how many things there are, how many times something happens etcI've had about ten chocolates already, but who's counting?
Phrasal verbs:you can count something on (the fingers of) one hand
— spoken used for saying that there are very few things or people of a particular type- count in- count on- count upSee:
II UK [kaʊnt] / US noun [countable]
Word forms "count":
singular count plural counts
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1)a) the process of counting how many people or things there are in a groupword/head/traffic etc count:After the count, Ellison had 25% of the votes.
at (the) last count:I did a quick head count and realized Suzie was missing.
At the last count, 400 people had agreed to join.
b) the total number of people or things countedMy count is 80 – what's yours?
See:2) the process of saying numbers in order, up to a particular numberHold your breath for a count of ten.
3) the amount of a substance that is measured as being present in another substance, for example in your blood or in the airpollen/sperm/cell etc count:My eyes start to water when the pollen count is high.
4) legal each crime that someone is charged withManning was jailed on three counts of corruption.
5) Count a nobleman in some European countries, but not in the UKthe Count of Anjou
•keep count (of something) of:keep count (of something)
— to remember or record a number as it changes over a period of timeTry to keep count of how many calories you eat over a week.
lose count (of something)
— used for emphasizing that something has happened very many timesI've lost count of the number of interviews I've given.
on both/several etc counts
— in both/several etc waysI thought he was a kind and honest man – I was wrong on both counts.
English dictionary. 2014.