Crossword clues for counted
counted
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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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.
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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.
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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.
To exclude (one) from consideration; to be assured that (one) will not participate or cannot be depended upon.
(House of Commons) To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present.
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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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: count)
Usage examples of "counted".
He had also counted on the fact that trade agreements had been drawn up and were awaiting the renewal of the Treaty before Hrruban ratification.
Jokan was counting off nervously to himself and someone else on the other side of the room counted out loud.
The man had counted to ten minutes past the zero hour before a voice, in the anguish of waiting, shrieked for him to stop.
She had not counted on anyone else coming along, espedally not the Treaty Controller.
Nor had he counted on the mimsy-pimsy fardling parasite of a Planetary Administrator coming up with a drone escort to prove his fishmen were not the murdering pirates.
The course manager was almost cheerful as he counted out Peter's finder's fee.
One rarely asked Theks a question involving time since the long-lived silicon life-form counted in sidereal years of their planet of origin, which generally amounted to centuries of more ephemeral species -- such as Kai's.
Sass hoped she wasn't as arrogant as the others, but counted on her graduation rank to take care of any problems.
Unlike many who rest on past achievements, this officer does not let success go to her head, and can be counted on for continued effort.
Engineering always thought the ship counted for more than anything else.
That's what they counted on, and I, in my own way, counted on the same thing.
Sassinak found herself yawning again and when she counted the hours, realized she'd run over twenty-four again.
They had counted on most of the defenses being knocked out by collaborators.
The widowed Duchess of Insaphar, a handsome woman who often acted as Jamas' official hostess, was seated next to King Egdril and could be counted on to entertain him appropriately.
In fact, she didn't doubt that Niall counted on their presence to force Railly to accept this bald revision of the facts.