count

count

count¹ [kount]

vt.

[ME counten < OFr conter < L computare,COMPUTE]

1. to name numbers in regular order to (a certain number) [to count five]

2. to add up, one by one, by units or groups, so as to get a total [count the money]

3. to check by numbering off; inventory

4. to take account of; include [six, counting me]

5. to believe or take to be; consider [to count oneself fortunate]

vi.

1. to name numbers or add up items in order

2. to be taken into account; have importance, value, etc. [his opinions don't count]

3. to have a specified value: often with for [a touchdown counts for six points]

4. to rely or depend (on or upon)

5. Music to keep time by counting the beats

n.

1. the act of counting; adding or numbering

2. the number reached by counting; total number or quantity

3. a reckoning or accounting

4. Archaic regard; notice; account

5. Baseball the number of balls and strikes that have been pitched to the batter

6. Bowling the number of pins knocked down by the first ball in a frame following a frame in which a spare or strike is scored: added to the score of the spare or strike of the preceding frame

7. Boxing the counting of seconds up to ten, during which a boxer who has been knocked down must rise or lose the match

8. Law any of the charges in an indictment, each of which gives a reason and is sufficient for prosecution

SYN.- RELY

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☆ count in

to include

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count off

to separate into equal divisions by counting

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count out

☆ 1. to disregard; omit

2. Boxing to declare (a boxer) defeated when he has remained down for a count of ten

countable

adj.

count² [kount]

n.

[ME counte < OFr conte < L comes (gen. comitis), companion < com-, with + ire, to go: see EXIT]

a nobleman in European countries, having a rank equivalent to that of an English earl