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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
count
I.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cell count (=the number of cells in a particular amount of blood)
▪ A healthy person' s red cell count is close to 1, 000.
blood count
▪ Her blood count is very low.
body count
count calories (=control your weight by eating fewer calories)
▪ Women tend to count calories more than men.
count noun
count/consider/think yourself lucky (=believe that you are lucky in a particular situation)
▪ You should count yourself lucky you weren’t seriously hurt.
counting house
counts...votes
▪ It’s the club secretary that counts the votes.
did a head count
▪ The teachers did a head count to check that none of the kids were missing.
first impressions count (=the impression you make when you first meet someone is important)
▪ When attending a job interview, remember that first impressions count.
head count
▪ The teachers did a head count to check that none of the kids were missing.
pollen count
▪ The pollen count was high yesterday.
pollen count...high
▪ The pollen count was high yesterday.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
▪ Are suspended pupils to be counted as absent or temporarily off-roll?
▪ Do major infrastructure investments count as current expenditures?
▪ Musicians, actors and celebrities all count as false gods. 13.
▪ But can I count as a reliable source my own childhood memories?
▪ Culture will specify the relations that exist within the organisation and define what is to count as legitimate or illegitimate behaviour.
▪ Even though they seem to be there, they can not be counted as present.
▪ Or, what does sinning greatly count as?
▪ It counts as only half a date if you go out with other couples.
on
▪ The assumption was that she would bring in a number of new people whose loyalty she could count on.
▪ If she could only count on her shot tonight.
▪ There were at least three Senators he could count on for verbal support, if nothing more.
▪ Perhaps he could count on Paul Quinn, a stalwart of the 9: 15 liturgy planning team.
▪ It's what we're counting on, after all.
▪ Le Carre can always be counted on to deliver a good read.
▪ It was body language I'd been counting on to win her round.
▪ If Lavinia was to be won Aeneas could not count on any help from his future father-in-law.
really
▪ Of course no one gave that as a reason - except for Abie Klugman, and poor Abie didn't really count.
▪ I just want to get the maximum... effect out of it, with the people who really count.
▪ What had really counted to Eva was the covenant service preceding the commissioning.
▪ What Sugar Bowl lacked in high-tech development, it more than made up for in the bounty of what really counts.
▪ And this one doesn't really count, considering it's shared with four other tenants.
▪ On the other hand, no one can really count on a corporate paycheck in the nineties.
▪ It was the first meeting in nine years - for the day of my father's funeral doesn't really count.
still
▪ It confirms that breeding still counts for more than achievement.
▪ So even when he'd got the drop on them they could still count on messing him around somehow.
▪ But states now want to know exactly who they can spend that money on and still count it toward that 80 percent.
▪ As we wait at the station are we still counting the cost, and weighing consequences in the balance?
▪ This meant that by last night individual investors had written cheques for at least £4.8billion, with counting still to finish.
▪ At least we can still count on self-interest as a predictable factor ... I suppose it's the last to go.
▪ He was still counting off the height in hundreds as the Kittyhawk smashed through what would have been the desert floor.
■ NOUN
blessing
▪ Or perhaps he was waiting for them to start counting their blessings there and then.
▪ If all this studying is making you a bit queasy, count your blessings.
▪ You can be sure I count my blessings nowadays.
▪ About how much fun it is, count your blessings, all of that.
▪ He was counting his blessings having backed the first 3 horses that actually finished the race.
▪ Rebecca had refused to count her modest blessings, as her parents counseled.
▪ It would be far better to count her blessings, she told herself firmly.
▪ In this country we can count our blessings that our children are not constantly at the mercy of these diseases.
calorie
▪ Without doubt it is what we eat that determines our weight, and calories do count.
▪ Here we indulged in a cream tea, no calorie counting at all!
▪ As Linnen's big day drew nearer, aerobics and calorie-counting weren't doing the trick.
▪ Never let anyone, or any diet, convince you that calories don't count in achieving weight loss.
chicken
▪ Personally he thought Bett was counting her chickens.
▪ But captain Alan Lee is not counting any chickens.
▪ But don't count your chickens.
cost
▪ Would that count as a track cost or a running cost?
▪ Remember the New Testament warning, before you undertake a project, be sure to count the cost.
▪ I sat and began to count the cost in dirhams, then dollars, then pounds to the boy's father.
▪ Meanwhile residents of Ewyas Harold have been counting the cost of yesterdays flooding.
▪ But many Cotswold traders are now counting the cost of a lost weekend.
▪ We count the cost when we are deprived of activities and things we enjoy.
▪ Left: Sinead counts the cost of caring.
▪ So count the cost of the holocaust Stand up and fight For peace.
days
▪ I'd be counting the days now, if I hadn't got parole.
▪ But the wealthy businessmen who hitherto have been his best customers are counting their change these days.
▪ He'd been counting the days.
▪ Alcyone was counting off the days.
▪ I am beginning to count the days since the landing and to reflect on all that has happened.
▪ But remember, we swore not to count the days, Isabel.
▪ He'd known Taylor had the plague, but hadn't realized people were counting the days to his demise.
finger
▪ You can count on the fingers of one hand the times Mr Kinnock has jumped in among the public.
▪ She counts on her fingers, like a baby.
▪ Mr. Vaz Well, perhaps we can count them on the fingers of one hand.
▪ One day, Mom noticed him counting on his fingers under the desk.
▪ The number of people whom they knew personally in Berlin could have been counted on the fingers of one hand.
▪ Gao Yang counted seven old fingers buried in the steamed bun, which had long since given up its original shape.
▪ The latter can, declares S E Finer with pardonable exaggeration, be counted on one's fingers and toes.
▪ Sounds as if they were counting on their fingers!
money
▪ The government, it seems, is counting heavily on getting money from tax dodgers.
▪ No need to stop and pull out a wallet, count the money and wait for the change.
▪ She counted over the money in the till and inspected a roll of invoices.
▪ Hands-on activities, such as counting money to learn a math lesson, are carried out in every classroom.
▪ There was no point in counting the money.
▪ But NextWave and others counted on raising money on Wall Street to help fund operations and debt payments.
▪ The reason is that there is no clear border line between what should and what should not count as money.
▪ It counted not on the money it had but on the money that was coming, whether it came or not.
number
▪ For this reason, counting the number of syllables per word is a more convenient measure of complexity.
▪ The Lotus Fund, founded four years ago, counts a number of Republicans among its estimated 200 members.
▪ Two investigators independently evaluated the films to count the number of markers within the colon.
▪ Again they will count and record the number of drops.
▪ We may want to count numbers living within plumes, circles of fixed radius, buffer zones and so on.
▪ To insert a conditional page break, type the table, then count the number of lines it occupies.
▪ Ah! who would then be counted in the Number?
▪ Ballard counted the number of students qualified to enroll at City in the 1968 graduating classes of two predominantly black high schools.
support
▪ In the north, the party can count on fairly widespread support.
▪ As he recalls, Holder told Quinn that he hoped he could count on his support if Gore were elected.
▪ I hope we can count on his active support.
▪ If you are counting on the support of the other kingdoms, forget it.
▪ There were at least three Senators he could count on for verbal support, if nothing more.
▪ In addition to the Democrats on the panel, Lake can probably count on the support of moderate Republicans, including Sen.
▪ General Bourbollon obviously could not count on the support of the entire military.
vote
▪ Both parties knew before the election that vote-counting would be done by machines that are liable to reject many votes.
▪ Many Republicans are exasperated at the vice-president's temerity to ask for all the votes to be counted.
▪ When the first-preference votes are counted any candidate who has secured a quota is declared elected.
▪ That means white voters are more likely to have their votes counted than blacks-a point made by Gore.
▪ In each, list votes would be separately counted and seats separately allotted to parties.
▪ By 56 percent to 39 percent, respondents said they were confident the Florida votes have been counted accurately.
▪ With 95 percent of the votes counted, he was 0. 7 percent ahead.
▪ Fortunately, every state has rules on how those votes are counted and which ballots are considered legal.
■ VERB
begin
▪ My heat was pounding as I began to count the strokes of the church clock.
▪ I began to count backward, silently, in an attempt to calm my stomach.
▪ I sat and began to count the cost in dirhams, then dollars, then pounds to the boy's father.
▪ The clean smell of pine tar rose in the air, and Sam began counting rings.
▪ Kit Carson chose a target, aimed the four sleek tons of Kittyhawk at it and began counting the seconds aloud.
▪ Looking over the cumulative collection, she sighed and began to count up the total.
▪ After a moment a girl shyly took them and began counting in twos.
▪ Kip lay like a child on his back and began to count them.
stand
▪ Those who admire her should stand up and be counted.
▪ This was too much for 15 ladies in the Chula Vista Art Guild, who stood up to be counted.
▪ The time has come gentlemen. Stand up and be counted.
▪ Inside, I gestured wildly down to Andre who, while all dressed up, was standing around counting flies.
▪ I do not want to stand up and be counted as a supporter of those demands.
▪ Did he stand up to be counted in the old days?
▪ So let's it hear it this morning for Allan Lamb. Stand up and be counted for fair play and truth!
start
▪ Or perhaps he was waiting for them to start counting their blessings there and then.
▪ The patient, being well-rehearsed beforehand, starts counting backward from this number.
▪ She started to count how many people, who might not confess it in simple language, were relieved MacQuillan had gone.
▪ I started to count the money in my pocket, because I had to get a shave.
▪ I start counting from Wednesday which I know because it was the first day of term.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
count your blessings
▪ About how much fun it is, count your blessings, all of that.
▪ He was counting his blessings having backed the first 3 horses that actually finished the race.
▪ If all this studying is making you a bit queasy, count your blessings.
▪ In this country we can count our blessings that our children are not constantly at the mercy of these diseases.
▪ It would be far better to count her blessings, she told herself firmly.
▪ Or perhaps he was waiting for them to start counting their blessings there and then.
▪ Then put your feet up and count your blessings!
▪ You can be sure I count my blessings nowadays.
every penny counts
▪ A doubling of the set-aside rate is not good news, coming at a time when every penny counts.
it's the thought that counts
sperm count
▪ Although that may seem like plenty, low sperm counts often are warnings of problems with sperm function.
▪ And one has to remember that sperm counts also show a natural seasonal variation.
▪ As it turned out, his sperm count appeared normal but his wife continued to fail to conceive.
▪ For the vast majority of men, the reason for a low sperm count can not be explained.
▪ It makes an interesting contrast with another related health issue: falling sperm counts.
▪ Men are still able to father children into their seventies, though their sperm count is lower than in their youth.
▪ Strictly speaking, there is as yet no definitive evidence for declining sperm counts.
▪ The only thing Rob could think up as a possible Hank Camden failure was the likelihood of a low sperm count.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Counting playoff games, the Warriors have won 8 of the 9 games they've played against Utah.
▪ Authorities counted 50 traffic deaths over the holiday weekend.
▪ First impressions do count, so look your best at the interview.
▪ Most children know how to count by the time they start kindergarten.
▪ Shut your eyes, count to twenty, then come and find us.
▪ The computer can count how many words there are in a document you've written.
▪ The game teaches children to count and do simple addition and subtraction.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But the man who approached Mitchell in the bathroom was not to be counted among them.
▪ Every minute counts, as buses and more buses pull into place in the line.
▪ He hugged the banister, counting its bar-like wooden rods until he reached the turn where it met the wall.
▪ I nodded and counted to a hundred a second time instead.
▪ So, for example, if wine is being checked, it can be counted by the case or by the bottle.
▪ These are tiny freedoms, and if a woman enjoys being part of a couple, they should count for nothing.
▪ They also count on $ 10 million in tax increment financing via the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency.
▪ When Alice arrived home, she counted what she had.
II.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
final
▪ Following the elimination of double or multiple counts of the same individual, a final count of 1,604 individuals was obtained.
▪ But evangelical anti-abortion voters turned out in droves for Buchanan and the final count was Buchanan 13, Gramm 8.
▪ At the final count, only 175 remained-here are some of the highlights.
▪ A final count in the presidential race was not expected until later in the day.
▪ The final count for the first round of voting recorded a million more votes than voters.
▪ The final count was 480, though not all were there together.
guilty
▪ The jury deliberated for five days before finding the accused guilty on all counts.
▪ Gould was eventually caught last year, and pleaded guilty to 51 counts of racketeering, wire fraud, and money laundering.
▪ Facts: pleaded guilty to three counts of theft and five counts of damaging property.
▪ In an agreement with prosecutors, she pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter and two counts of armed robbery.
▪ But in the outcome the jury returned a verdict of not guilty on that count.
▪ In 1962, the deejay pleaded guilty to two counts of commercial bribery.
▪ Hogg then pleaded guilty to three counts of supplying methodone to others on February 13, 1999.
▪ Seale was found guilty on sixteen counts of contempt and sentenced to four years imprisonment by the judge sitting without a jury.
head
▪ Thirty men in all, by Grant's head count.
▪ The council tax will retain the most objectionable parts of the poll tax - the head count tax on the individual.
▪ The importance of the head count element in the property poll tax is most clearly shown in the proposals for the discounts.
▪ However, there was an exceptional cost of £2.1m due to the staff reduction programme which cut 160 from the head count.
▪ A head count of the congregation has obvious flaws.
high
▪ With hands clasped behind and palms facing inwards, raise the arms 35 times, aiming slightly higher with each count.
▪ A higher body count score, for one thing.
▪ Hold for a count of 10, pulling up a little higher with each count.
▪ The finer the threads, the higher the count and the softer the fabric will be.
▪ Keep the arms straight and try to raise them a little higher with each count.
▪ Interlocking hands behind you, raise the arms 40 times, moving slightly higher with each count.
low
▪ Although that may seem like plenty, low sperm counts often are warnings of problems with sperm function.
▪ I shouldn't think he was searching for anything elusive. Low imagination count.
▪ The only thing Rob could think up as a possible Hank Camden failure was the likelihood of a low sperm count.
▪ Stone produces a lower count rate than soil, so buried features can sometimes be detected.
▪ For the vast majority of men, the reason for a low sperm count can not be explained.
▪ High exposure to dioxins has been associated with cancer, low sperm counts, behavioural problems and diabetes.
▪ Iodine in salt may be the reason for low sperm counts, according to New Scientist magazine.
young
▪ She and the young count were childless.
▪ And how generous was the young count, to loan his auto to Papa for our family needs.
■ NOUN
blood
▪ The remedy is to take plenty of rest, and wait until your natural red blood count recovers before having more treatment.
▪ His white blood count dropped after the treatment, as expected, but is now back up to pre-transplant levels.
▪ Complete blood count and erythrocyte sedimentation rate were regularly measured at clinic visits.
body
▪ I think we stayed for about a week just trying to get more and more of a body count.
▪ There won't be no medals for a body count.
▪ By this time the body count was getting so high, sensible people refused to ride along with us.
▪ Police raised their body count in a case they say proves that the former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic covered up war crimes.
▪ A higher body count score, for one thing.
▪ But a rapidly escalating body count forces her to face up to what's really happening.
▪ The study is shrewd enough not to get bogged down in body counts, as past examinations have.
calorie
▪ We turned to the freezer case to look for the desserts that wouldn't kill our calorie count.
▪ The calorie counts are given after each item, and all the portions are average size unless exact measurements are stated.
▪ The calorie count - 452 in every 100 grams - stays the same too.
▪ Again, the calorie counts are given against each item and at the end of each meal.
cell
▪ Urine analysis, a red blood cell count, and blood pressure were also routinely recorded.
▪ The baby had a 104-degree temperature and a high white-blood-#cell count.
▪ Of the 14 women studied, nine had high pitted red cell counts and the majority of the group had ascites.
▪ Occasionally, a substantially increased platelet or white cell count may lead to apparent increases in plasma potassium concentration.
▪ Apart from a moderate increase in the white cell count in both patients, the results of routine investigations were normal.
▪ In a number of clinical disorders the cell count is subject to periodic or highly irregular variation.
▪ A blood test will also show a raised white blood cell count, indicating infection present in the system.
felony
▪ Last week, Lee admitted his guilt on a single felony count.
▪ He was found guilty of 24 felony counts, including murder and racketeering.
pollen
▪ At the start of the season sufferers usually begin to experience problems when the pollen count reaches 50.
▪ When the pollen count is high, keep doors and windows shut and stay inside.
▪ It was July and the pollen count was high.
sperm
▪ Men are still able to father children into their seventies, though their sperm count is lower than in their youth.
▪ Although that may seem like plenty, low sperm counts often are warnings of problems with sperm function.
▪ As it turned out, his sperm count appeared normal but his wife continued to fail to conceive.
▪ The only thing Rob could think up as a possible Hank Camden failure was the likelihood of a low sperm count.
▪ And one has to remember that sperm counts also show a natural seasonal variation.
▪ For the vast majority of men, the reason for a low sperm count can not be explained.
▪ Strictly speaking, there is as yet no definitive evidence for declining sperm counts.
▪ High exposure to dioxins has been associated with cancer, low sperm counts, behavioural problems and diabetes.
vote
▪ Fair votes will make every elector's vote count.
▪ There were a number of technical difficulties with the vote count.
▪ The poll is easy to use and quick to fill in-and your vote counts.
▪ For example, when the topic was the 1988 election, the classes added the following questions: Does your vote count?
▪ If no one does win a majority, a runoff election will pit the two leaders two weeks after the vote count.
■ VERB
charge
▪ He said that he had been charged with 10 counts of breaking police regulations by talking to reporters about police brutality.
▪ Claudia Schneider is charged with one count of failing to disclose bankruptcy and has also been held in Miami since May.
▪ Mr Atkins was charged on four specimen counts of theft.
▪ Kaczynski has been charged only with one count of possessing explosives in his cabin near the town of Lincoln.
▪ Skase was charged with two counts of corruption in May 1991, and was declared bankrupt on June 13.
▪ Both men were charged on seven fraud counts in connection with the 1991 contract.
▪ He has been charged with four counts of uttering death threats, only one of which is related to his short story.
▪ Yeoman also was charged with one count of perjury and one count of obstructing justice.
convict
▪ His wife, Jane, who had been convicted on two counts of extortion and conspiracy, was sentenced to three months.
hold
▪ Stretch up gently for 10 counts holding each count for 1 second.
▪ Raise the elbows head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts.
▪ This tensing should be held for a count of five, then released, and repeated several times.
▪ Pull the tummy in and raise the elbows, head and shoulders towards your knees. Hold up for 5 counts.
▪ THIGHS/BOTTOM 1 Hug left knee towards chest, stand tall, don't lean forward. Hold for a count of five.
keep
▪ I know Fresnans who keep close count of the Southern California transplants filling their blocks.
▪ The Local kept count of the union dead.
▪ After that he no longer bothered to keep count.
▪ It was Tuesday, she had kept careful count.
▪ He started taking apart the engineering of the scene, keeping count of the timing in his head.
▪ You can protect yourself by keeping a count of what you drink.
▪ It is helpful to keep a count of references to home and synonym records.
lose
▪ I've no idea, I lost count of time.
▪ Three times they lost by a 4-3 count after having won successive games.
▪ The Wormwood Scrubs prison houses are still empty after 10 or 12 years - I have lost count.
▪ He had little idea as to how far they had come and had lost count of how many times they had fallen.
▪ She counted them; she lost count.
▪ She had lost count of the number of times she had slapped his hands from her body whenever he waylaid her outside.
▪ Francis had lost count of the junctions and side-passages they had crossed.
▪ I, too, have lost count of the number of jobs I've applied for.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
count your blessings
▪ About how much fun it is, count your blessings, all of that.
▪ He was counting his blessings having backed the first 3 horses that actually finished the race.
▪ If all this studying is making you a bit queasy, count your blessings.
▪ In this country we can count our blessings that our children are not constantly at the mercy of these diseases.
▪ It would be far better to count her blessings, she told herself firmly.
▪ Or perhaps he was waiting for them to start counting their blessings there and then.
▪ Then put your feet up and count your blessings!
▪ You can be sure I count my blessings nowadays.
every penny counts
▪ A doubling of the set-aside rate is not good news, coming at a time when every penny counts.
it's the thought that counts
sperm count
▪ Although that may seem like plenty, low sperm counts often are warnings of problems with sperm function.
▪ And one has to remember that sperm counts also show a natural seasonal variation.
▪ As it turned out, his sperm count appeared normal but his wife continued to fail to conceive.
▪ For the vast majority of men, the reason for a low sperm count can not be explained.
▪ It makes an interesting contrast with another related health issue: falling sperm counts.
▪ Men are still able to father children into their seventies, though their sperm count is lower than in their youth.
▪ Strictly speaking, there is as yet no definitive evidence for declining sperm counts.
▪ The only thing Rob could think up as a possible Hank Camden failure was the likelihood of a low sperm count.
stand up and be counted
▪ I do not want to stand up and be counted as a supporter of those demands.
▪ Those who admire her should stand up and be counted.
▪ We really need more help from you good men to stand up and be counted!
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Henderson pleaded guilty on one count of drunken driving.
▪ High pollen counts and air conditioners may worsen allergies.
▪ Ms. Henderson said the final count may exceed 2,000.
▪ My cholesterol count was a little high.
▪ the Count of Monte Cristo
▪ We've seen over 65 patients today, but we don't have an exact count.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He faces a count of second-degree murder in the Nov. 10 shooting death of Brad Hansen, also 13.
▪ Hold each position for 2 counts.
▪ Hold for a slow count of 4.
▪ In articulating life as a chameleon on a rocky mirror, Vernadsky committed heresy on two counts.
▪ Stretch up gently for 10 counts holding each count for 1 second.
▪ The scoreboards kept the fans posted as to the ball-and-strike count and the number of outs.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Count

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 \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

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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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 \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.

    1. To exclude (one) from consideration; to be assured that (one) will not participate or cannot be depended upon.

    2. (House of Commons) To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present.

    3. 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.

Related phrases:
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
count

mid-14c., from Old French conter "add up," but also "tell a story," from Latin computare (see compute). Related: Counted; counting. Modern French differentiates compter "to count" and conter "to tell," but they are cognates.

count

title of nobility, c.1300, from Anglo-French counte (Old French conte), from Latin comitem (nominative comes) "companion, attendant," the Roman term for a provincial governor, from com- "with" (see com-) + stem of ire "to go" (see ion). The term was used in Anglo-French to render Old English eorl, but the word was never truly naturalized and mainly was used with reference to foreign titles.

Wiktionary
count

Etymology 1 n. 1 The act of #Verb or tallying a quantity. 2 The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted. 3 A countdown. 4 (context legal English) A charge of misconduct brought in a legal proceeding. 5 (context baseball English) The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance. 6 (context obsolete English) An object of interest or account; value; estimation. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To recite numbers in sequence. 2 (context transitive English) To determine the number (of objects in a group). 3 (context intransitive English) To be of significance; to matter. 4 (context intransitive English) To be an example of something. Etymology 2

n. 1 The male ruler of a county. 2 A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons.

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WordNet
count

  1. n. the total number counted; "a blood count"

  2. the act of counting; "the counting continued for several hours" [syn: counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally]

  3. a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl

count

  1. v. determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" [syn: number, enumerate, numerate]

  2. have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much" [syn: 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, weigh]

  4. name or recite the numbers; "The toddler could count to 100"

  5. put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members" [syn: number]

  6. include as if by counting; "I can count my colleagues in the opposition"

  7. 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: bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon]

  8. take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon" [syn: reckon]

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Count (disambiguation)

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Count

Count (male) or countess (female) is a title in European countries for a noble of varying status, but historically deemed to convey an approximate rank intermediate between the highest and lowest titles of nobility. The word count came into English from the French comte, itself from Latin comes—in its accusative comitem—meaning “companion”, and later “companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor”. The adjective form of the word is "comital". The British and Irish equivalent is an earl (whose wife is a "countess", for lack of an English term). Alternative names for the "count" rank in the nobility structure are used in other countries, such as Graf in Germany and Hakushaku during the Japanese Imperial era.

Count (baseball)

In baseball and softball, the count refers to the number of balls and strikes a batter has in his current plate appearance. It is usually announced as a pair of numbers, for example, 3-1 (pronounced as "three and one," or, alternatively, "a three-one count"), with the first number being the number of balls and the second being the number of strikes.

An individual pitch may also be referred to by the count prior to its delivery, for example, a pitch thrown with a count of three balls and one strike would be called a "three-one pitch."

A count of 1-1 or 2-2 is called even. Zero is commonly pronounced "oh," although a 0-0 count is rarely expressed as such — the count is typically not mentioned until at least one pitch has been thrown.

The home plate umpire will signal the count with the number of balls on his left hand, and the number of strikes on his right hand. (As a result, it reads backwards when viewed from the pitcher's point of view.) Individual umpires vary in how frequently they give this signal; it is often done as a reminder when there has been a slight delay between pitches (such as the batter stepping out of the batter's box). It can also be a signal to the scoreboard operator that an incorrect count is being shown on the board. Some umpires may also give the count verbally, although usually only the batter and the catcher can hear it.

An important part of baseball statistics is measuring which counts are most likely to produce favorable outcomes for the pitcher or the hitter. Counts of 3-1 and 2-0 are considered hitters' counts, because the pitcher—faced with the possibility of walking the batter—is more likely to throw a ball in the strike zone, particularly a fastball.

Somewhat surprisingly, in general, a 3-0 count tends to yield fewer hittable pitches, depending on the situation. (Baseball fans have often suggested that this is because umpires are reluctant to call four straight balls and as a result "ease up" on the fourth pitch, treating it as having a wider strike zone.) Often batters will take (not swing at) a 3-0 pitch, since the pitcher has missed the strike zone three straight times already, and a fourth would earn the batter a walk. This is a sound strategy because the batter is more likely to eventually reach base even if the count becomes 3-1 than he is if he puts the ball in play on 3-0. In some situations, it is also advantageous to take on 2-0 and 3-1.

Counts with two strikes (except 3-2) are considered pitchers' counts. An 0-2 count is very favorable to a pitcher. In such a count, the pitcher has the freedom to throw one (or sometimes two) pitches out of the strike zone intentionally, in an attempt to get the batter to chase the pitch (swing at it), and strike out.

Arguing as to whether a pitch was a ball or a strike (which is a judgment call by the umpire) is strictly prohibited by Major League Baseball rules. Such an infringement, known as "arguing balls and strikes," will quickly lead to a warning from the umpire, and the player or manager may be ejected from the game if they continue to argue.

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Usage examples of "count".

The conflict, grown beyond the scope of original plans, had become nothing less than a fratricidal war between the young king and the Count of Poitou for the succession to the Angevin empire, a ghastly struggle in which Henry was obliged to take a living share, abetting first one and then the other of his furious sons.

And aboard this ship a bold look, one that even hints at a challenge to authority, counts as insolence.

Probably these things counted as abominations, crimes against the common humanity in the Constitution.

And if the intent-of-the-voter standard is appropriate for counting all absentee ballots, even those that are not damaged and could have been counted by machine, then how can it be inappropriate for counting all damaged and undamaged ballots?

Several lawsuits sought to ensure that these overseas absentee ballots were included in the final count.

The Alabama statute was very clear that the absentee ballots had to be notarized by the voter in order to be counted, and that procedure had been followed for years.

Which she could do: better to convoy with riders you knew than ones the truckers picked, and Aby was an experienced senior guide whose recommendation counted.

I confess that I have not yet repented on his account, for Capitani thought he had duped me in accepting it as security for the amount he gave me, and the count, his father, valued it until his death as more precious than the finest diamond in the world.

And that name was an ambivalent one at best: Aconin was counted one of the best male playwrights in the city, but he was also known as Aconite for his merciless pen.

I also became acquainted there with the Count of Roquendorf and Count Sarotin, and with several noble young ladies who are called in Germany frauleins, and with a baroness who had led a pretty wild life, but who could yet captivate a man.

The marchioness sat down on her sofa, and making me to do the like she asked me if I was acquainted with the talismans of the Count de Treves?

You are a stranger, sir, and may not be acquainted with our Spanish manners, consequently you are unaware of the great risk you run in going to see Nina every evening after the count has left her.

Count Vorvolynkin continues unresolved, with undiminished acrimony, to the mortification of both families.

Three months later Madame Costa, the actress whom he had gone to see at Gorice, told me that she would never have believed in the possibility of such a creature existing if she had not known Count Torriano.

It is only now, some eighteen years later, that increasing numbers of experts are beginning to realize that it is the psychological state of the individual addict that counts and not the substance itself My accumulated knowledge of drug addiction comes from eighteen years of dealing with and answering effectively the questions and worries of the addicted.