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¹count

verb \ˈkau̇nt, dial ˈkyau̇nt\

: to add (people or things) together to find the total number

: to say numbers in order

: to include (someone or something) in a total

Full Definition of COUNT

transitive verb

a : to indicate or name by units or groups so as to find the total number of units involved : number

b : to name the numbers in order up to and including <count ten>

c : to include in a tallying and reckoning <about 100 present, counting children>

d : to call aloud (beats or time units) <count cadence> <count eighth notes>

a : consider, account <count oneself lucky>

b : to record as of an opinion or persuasion <count me as uncommitted>

: to include or exclude by or as if by counting <count me in>

intransitive verb

a : to recite or indicate the numbers in order by units or groups <count by fives>

b : to count the units in a group

: to rely or depend on someone or something —used with on <counted on his parents to help with the expenses>

: add, total <it counts up to a sizable amount>

a : to have value or significance <these are the people who really count> <his opinions don't count for much>

b : to deserve to be regarded or considered <a job so easy it hardly counts as work>

— and counting

: with more to come <in business for 50 years and counting>

— count heads or count noses

: to count the number present

— count on

: to look forward to as certain : anticipate <counted on winning>

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Origin of COUNT

Middle English, from Anglo-French cunter, counter, from Latin computare, from com- + putare to consider

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to COUNT

Synonyms: enumerate, number, tell

Rhymes with COUNT

fount, mount

²count

noun

Definition of COUNT

a : the action or process of counting

b : a total obtained by counting : tally

archaic

a : reckoning, account

b : consideration, estimation

a : allegation, charge; specifically : one separately stating the cause of action or prosecution in a legal declaration or indictment <guilty on all counts>

b : a specific point under consideration : issue

: the total number of individual things in a given unit or sample obtained by counting all or a subsample of them <bacteria count>

a : the calling off of the seconds from one to ten when a boxer has been knocked down

b : the number of balls and strikes charged to a baseball batter during one turn <the count stood at 3 and 2>

c : score <tied the count with a minute to play>

a : a measurement of the thickness or fineness of yarn by determining the number of hanks or yards per pound it produces

b : the number of threads per square inch in a cloth

First Known Use of COUNT

14th century

Other Mathematics and Statistics Terms

abscissa, denominator, divisor, equilateral, exponent, hypotenuse, logarithm, oblique, radii, rhomb

³count

noun

Definition of COUNT

: a European nobleman whose rank corresponds to that of a British earl

Origin of COUNT

Middle English, from Anglo-French cunte, from Late Latin comit-, comes, from Latin, companion, one of the imperial court, from com- + ire to go — more at issue

First Known Use: 15th century