English to English
count
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noun (n)
- the total number counted(noun.quantity)Example:
A blood count.
source: wordnet30 - the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order(noun.act)Example:
The counting continued for several hours.
source: wordnet30 - a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- The act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting.(noun)source: webster1913
- A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- name or recite the numbers in ascending order(verb.communication)Example:
The toddler could count to 100.
source: wordnet30 - put into a group(verb.stative)Example:
The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members.
source: wordnet30 - include as if by counting(verb.cognition)Example:
I can count my colleagues in the opposition.
source: wordnet30 - have a certain value or carry a certain weight(verb.stative)Example:
Each answer counts as three points.
source: wordnet30 - 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.(verb)source: webster1913
- 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.(verb)source: webster1913