count
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vb
1 to add up or check (each unit in a collection) in order to ascertain the sum; enumerate
count your change
2 tr to recite numbers in ascending order up to and including
3 tr; often foll by: in to take into account or include
we must count him in
4 ♦
not counting excluding
5 tr to believe to be; consider; think; deem
count yourself lucky
6 intr to recite or list numbers in ascending order either in units or groups
to count in tens
7 intr to have value, importance, or influence
this picture counts as a rarity
8 intr; often foll by: for to have a certain specified value or importance
the job counts for a lot
9 intr (Music) to keep time by counting beats
n
10 the act of counting or reckoning
11 the number reached by counting; sum
12 (Law) a paragraph in an indictment containing a distinct and separate charge
13 (Physics) the total number of photons or ionized particles detected by a counter
14 ♦
keep count to keep a record of items, events, etc.
15 ♦
lose count to fail to keep an accurate record of items, events, etc.
16 (Boxing, wrestling) the act of telling off a number of seconds by the referee, as when a boxer has been knocked down or a wrestler pinned by his opponent
17 ♦
out for the count (Boxing) knocked out and unable to continue after a count of ten by the referee
18 ♦
take the count (Boxing) to be unable to continue after a count of ten
19 Archaic notice; regard; account, (See also)
→
count against →
countdown →
count on →
count out
(C14: from Anglo-French counter, from Old French conter, from Latin computare to calculate, compute)