Count COUNT, v.t.
1. To number; to tell or name one by one, or by small numbers, for ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; as, to count the years, days and hours of a mans life; to count the stars.
Who can count the dust of Jacob? Num 23.
2. To reckon; to preserve a reckoning; to compute.
Some tribes of rude nations count their years by the coming of certain birds among them at certain seasons, and leaving them at others.
3. To reckon; to place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging.
Abraham believed in God, and he counted it to him for righteousness. Gen 15.
4. To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider.
I count them my enemies. Psa 139.
Neither count I my life dear to myself. Acts 20.
I count all things loss. Phil 3.
5. To impute; to charge.
COUNT, v.i. To count on or upon, to reckon upon; to found an account or scheme on; to rely on. We cannot count on the friendship of nations. Count not on the sincerity of sycophants.
COUNT, n.
1. Reckoning; the act of numbering; as, this is the number according to my count.
2. Number.
3. In law, a particular charge in an indictment, or narration in pleading, setting forth the cause of complaint. There may be different counts in the same declaration.
COUNT, n. [L., a companion or associate, a fellow traveler.] A title of foreign nobility, equivalent to the English earl, and whose domain is a county. An earl; the alderman of a shire, as the Saxons called him. The titles of English nobility, according to their rank, are Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, and Baron.

count n 1: the total number counted; "a blood count" 2: the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours" [syn: count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally] 3: a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl v 1: determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" [syn: count, number, enumerate, numerate] 2: have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much" [syn: count, matter, weigh] 3: show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient" [syn: consider, count, weigh] 4: name or recite the numbers in ascending order; "The toddler could count to 100" 5: put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members" [syn: count, number] 6: include as if by counting; "I can count my colleagues in the opposition" 7: have a certain value or carry a certain weight; "each answer counts as three points" 8: have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis" [syn: count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon] 9: take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon" [syn: reckon, count]

count ̘.kaunt See: STAND UP AND BE COUNTED.

count I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French cunter, counter, from Latin computare, from com- + putare to consider Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. 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> 2. a. consider, account <count oneself lucky> b. to record as of an opinion or persuasion <count me as uncommitted> 3. to include or exclude by or as if by counting <count me in> intransitive verb 1. a. to recite or indicate the numbers in order by units or groups <count by fives> b. to count the units in a group 2. to rely or depend on someone or something — used with on <counted on his parents to help with the expenses> 3. add, total <it counts up to a sizable amount> 4. 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> II. noun Date: 14th century 1. a. the action or process of counting b. a total obtained by counting ; tally 2. archaic a. reckoning, account b. consideration, estimation 3. 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 4. the total number of individual things in a given unit or sample obtained by counting all or a subsample of them <bacteria count> 5. 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> 6. 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 III. noun Etymology: 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 Date: 15th century a European nobleman whose rank corresponds to that of a British earl

count
1.
v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. determine the total number or amount of, esp. by assigning successive numbers (count the stations).
2 intr. repeat numbers in ascending order; conduct a reckoning.
3 a tr. (often foll. by in) include in one's reckoning or plan (you can count me in; fifteen people, counting the guide). b intr. be included in a reckoning or plan.
4 tr. consider (a thing or a person) to be (lucky etc.) (count no man happy until he is dead).
5 intr. (often foll. by for) have value; matter (his opinion counts for a great deal).
--n.
1 a the act of counting; a reckoning (after a count of fifty). b the sum total of a reckoning (blood count; pollen count).
2 Law each charge in an indictment (guilty on ten counts).
3 a count of up to ten seconds by a referee when a boxer is knocked down.
4 Polit. the act of counting the votes after a general or local election.
5 one of several points under discussion.
6 the measure of the fineness of a yarn expressed as the weight of a given length or the length of a given weight.
7 Physics the number of ionizing particles detected by a counter.
Phrases and idioms:
count against be reckoned to the disadvantage of. count one's blessings be grateful for what one has. count one's chickens be over-optimistic or hasty in anticipating good fortune. count the cost consider the risks before taking action. count the days (or hours etc.) be impatient. count down recite numbers backwards to zero, esp. as part of a rocket-launching procedure. counting-house a place where accounts are kept. count noun a countable noun (see COUNTABLE 2). count on (or upon) depend on, rely on; expect confidently. count out
1 count while taking from a stock.
2 complete a count of ten seconds over (a fallen boxer etc.), indicating defeat.
3 (in children's games) select (a player) for dismissal or a special role by use of a counting rhyme etc.
4 colloq. exclude from a plan or reckoning (I'm too tired, count me out).
5 Brit. Polit. procure the adjournment of (the House of Commons) when fewer than 40 members are present. count up find the sum of. keep count take note of how many there have been etc. lose count fail to take note of the number etc. not counting excluding from the reckoning. out for the count 1 Boxing defeated by being unable to rise within ten seconds.
2 a defeated or demoralized. b soundly asleep. take the count Boxing be defeated.
Etymology: ME f. OF co(u)nter, co(u)nte f. LL computus, computare COMPUTE
2.
n. a foreign noble corresponding to an earl.
Phrases and idioms:
Count Palatine hist. a high official of the Holy Roman Empire with royal authority within his domain.
Derivatives:
countship n.
Etymology: OF conte f. L comes comitis companion

count (counts, counting, counted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When you count, you say all the numbers one after another up to a particular number. He was counting slowly under his breath... Brian counted to twenty and lifted his binoculars. VERB: V, V to num 2. If you count all the things in a group, you add them up in order to find how many there are. I counted the money. It was more than five hundred pounds... I counted 34 wild goats grazing... With more than 90 percent of the votes counted, the Liberals should win nearly a third of the seats. VERB: V n, V num, V-ed, also V • Count up means the same as count. Couldn't we just count up our ballots and bring them to the courthouse? PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P • counting The counting of votes is proceeding smoothly. N-UNCOUNT: usu the N of n 3. A count is the action of counting a particular set of things, or the number that you get when you have counted them. The final count in last month's referendum showed 56.7 per cent in favour... N-COUNT: usu supp N 4. You use count when referring to the level or amount of something that someone or something has. A glass or two of wine will not significantly add to the calorie count... N-COUNT: n N see also blood count, pollen count 5. You use count in expressions such as a count of three or a count of ten when you are measuring a length of time by counting slowly up to a certain number. Hold your breath for a count of five, then slowly breathe out... N-SING: N of num 6. If something or someone counts for something or counts, they are important or valuable. Surely it doesn't matter where charities get their money from: what counts is what they do with it... When I first came to college I realised that brainpower didn't count for much... = matter VERB: V, V for amount 7. If something counts or is counted as a particular thing, it is regarded as being that thing, especially in particular circumstances or under particular rules. No one agrees on what counts as a desert... Two of the trucks were stopped because they had tents in them, and under the commanders' definition of humanitarian aid, that didn't count... They can count it as a success. VERB: V as n/-ing/adj, V, V n as n 8. If you count something when you are making a calculation, you include it in that calculation. It's under 7 percent only because statistics don't count the people who aren't qualified to be in the work force... The years before their arrival in prison are not counted as part of their sentence. = include VERB: V n, be V-ed as n, also V n as n 9. You can use count to refer to one or more points that you are considering. For example, if someone is wrong on two counts, they are wrong in two ways. 'You drink Scotch,' she said. 'All Republicans drink Scotch.'—'Wrong on both counts. I'm a Democrat, and I drink bourbon.' N-COUNT: on supp N 10. In law, a count is one of a number of charges brought against someone in court. He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. N-COUNT: usu N of n 11. If you keep count of a number of things, you note or keep a record of how many have occurred. If you lose count of a number of things, you cannot remember how many have occurred. The authorities say they are not able to keep count of the bodies still being found as helicopters search the area... She'd lost count of the interviews she'd been called for. PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR of n 12. If someone is out for the count, they are unconscious or very deeply asleep. (INFORMAL) PHRASE: v-link PHR 13. If you say that someone should stand up and be counted, you mean that they should say publicly what they think, and not hide it or be ashamed of it. Those involved and benefiting from the scandal must be prepared to stand up and be counted. PHRASE 14. to count your blessings: see blessing

Count (Counts) A Count is a European nobleman with the same rank as an English earl. Her father was a Polish Count. N-COUNT; N-TITLE; N-VOC

Count \Count\ (kount), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counted; p. pr. & vb. n. Counting.] [OF. conter, and later (etymological spelling) compter, in modern French thus distinguished; conter to relate (cf. Recount, Account), compter to count; fr. L. computuare to reckon, compute; com- + putare to reckon, settle, order, prune, orig., to clean. See Pure, and cf. Compute.] 1. To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon. Who can count the dust of Jacob? --Num. xxiii. 10. In a journey of forty miles, Avaux counted only three miserable cabins. --Macaulay. 2. To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging. Abracham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. --Rom. iv. 3. 3. To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider. I count myself in nothing else so happy As in a soul remembering my good friends. --Shak. To count out. (a) To exclude (one) from consideration; to be assured that (one) will not participate or cannot be depended upon. (b) (House of Commons) To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present. (c) To prevent the accession of (a person) to office, by a fraudulent return or count of the votes cast; -- said of a candidate really elected. [Colloq.] Syn: To calculate; number; reckon; compute; enumerate. See Calculate.

Count \Count\, v. i. 1. To number or be counted; to possess value or carry weight; hence, to increase or add to the strength or influence of some party or interest; as, every vote counts; accidents count for nothing. This excellent man . . . counted among the best and wisest of English statesmen. --J. A. Symonds. 2. To reckon; to rely; to depend; -- with on or upon. He was brewer to the palace; and it was apprehended that the government counted on his voice. --Macaulay. I think it a great error to count upon the genius of a nation as a standing argument in all ages. --Swift. 3. To take account or note; -- with of. [Obs.] ``No man counts of her beauty.'' --Shak. 4. (Eng. Law) To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count. --Burrill.

Count \Count\, n. [F. conte, fr. L. comes, comitis, associate, companion, one of the imperial court or train, properly, one who goes with another; com- + ire to go, akin to Skr. i to go.] A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl. Note: Though the tittle Count has never been introduced into Britain, the wives of Earls have, from the earliest period of its history, been designated as Countesses. --Brande & C. Count palatine. (a) Formerly, the proprietor of a county who possessed royal prerogatives within his county, as did the Earl of Chester, the Bishop of Durham, and the Duke of Lancaster. [Eng.] See County palatine, under County. (b) Originally, a high judicial officer of the German emperors; afterward, the holder of a fief, to whom was granted the right to exercise certain imperial powers within his own domains. [Germany]

Count \Count\, n. [F. conte and compte, with different meanings, fr. L. computus a computation, fr. computare. See Count, v. t.] 1. The act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting. Of blessed saints for to increase the count. --Spenser. By this count, I shall be much in years. --Shak. 2. An object of interest or account; value; estimation. [Obs.] ``All his care and count.'' --Spenser. 3. (Law) A formal statement of the plaintiff's case in court; in a more technical and correct sense, a particular allegation or charge in a declaration or indictment, separately setting forth the cause of action or prosecution. --Wharton. Note: In the old law books, count was used synonymously with declaration. When the plaintiff has but a single cause of action, and makes but one statement of it, that statement is called indifferently count or declaration, most generally, however, the latter. But where the suit embraces several causes, or the plaintiff makes several different statements of the same cause of action, each statement is called a count, and all of them combined, a declaration. --Bouvier. Wharton.

COUNT kount (caphar, manah; psephizo): Used of arithmetical computation "to number" (Ps 139:18; Nu 23:10); also for kathabh, "to reckon," to indicate classification among or identification with, "count for a stranger" (Job 19:15); "count for his enemy" (Job 33:10). In the New Testament the arithmetical computation is less prominent, except in the sense of "calculate," psephizo, sumpsephizo, "to reckon with pebbles," each pebble representing a unit (Lu 14:28; Ac 19:19); of moral estimate, hegeomai and logizomai (Php 3:7,13). The noun, from Hebrew kacath, "a count of" (Ex 12:4), namely, in the arithmetical sense. H. E. Jacobs

count I. v. a. 1. Enumerate, number. 2. Calculate, reckon, compute, estimate, cast, cast up. 3. Consider, esteem, regard, deem, hold, judge, think, account, look upon. II. v. n. Add to the number, swell the number, tell. III. n. 1. Reckoning. 2. (Law.) Particular clause or charge.

count ̘.kaunt v. 1 count up or off, enumerate, number, calculate, add up, total, reckon, compute, tally, figure up, quantify, Colloq figure out: Maddie counted the number of pencils in the box. 2 include, consider, regard, deem, judge, look on or upon: You can count me among those who favour the idea. 3 count on or upon. rely on or upon, depend on or upon, be sure of, trust, bank on, be confident of, Chiefly Brit or US dialect reckon on or upon, Chiefly US figure on or upon: I knew I could count on Moira to do the right thing.

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