count

/kaʊnt/

/kaʊnt/

Other forms: counted; counting; counts

To count is to calculate how many or how much of something there is. A first grade teacher might stop and count her students before they board a bus after a field trip.

You can count your money, adding up the dollars and quarters, or count the calories in the food you eat each day. When your cat has kittens, you might count them and announce, "Seven kittens!" Another way to count is to list the numbers in order: "One, two, three, four..." When count is a noun, it refers to the title of a nobleman. This meaning comes from the Latin comes, "companion," or specifically "companion to the emperor."

Definitions of count

1. verb

   determine the number or amount of
   “Can you count the books on your shelf?”

   “Count your change”

   synonyms: enumerate, number, numerate

   types:

   recount

   count again

   miscount

   count wrongly

   census

   conduct a census

   add, add together, add up, sum, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up

   determine the sum of

   type of:

   ascertain, determine, find, find out

   establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
2. verb

   name or recite the numbers in ascending order
   “The toddler could count to 100”

   types:

   count down

   count backwards; before detonating a bomb, for example

   type of:

   recite

   repeat aloud from memory
3. verb

   put into a group
   “The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members”

   synonyms: number

   type of:

   assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out

   arrange or order by classes or categories
4. verb

   include as if by counting
   “I can count my colleagues in the opposition”

   type of:

   include

   consider as part of something
5. noun

   the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
   “the counting continued for several hours”

   synonyms: counting, enumeration, numeration, reckoning, tally

   types:

   blood count

   the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample

   census, nose count, nosecount

   a periodic count of the population

   countdown

   counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle)

   miscount

   an inaccurate count

   poll

   the counting of votes (as in an election)

   recount

   an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election

   sperm count

   the act of estimating the number of spermatozoa in an ejaculate

   CBC, blood profile, complete blood count

   counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood

   differential blood count

   counting the number of specific types of white blood cells found in 1 cubic millimeter of blood; may be included as part of a complete blood count

   type of:

   investigating, investigation

   the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically
6. noun

   the total number counted
   “a blood count”

   types:

   complement

   a complete number or quantity

   blood count

   the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample

   body count

   a count of troops killed in an operation or time period

   circulation

   number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold

   circulation

   (library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period

   head count, headcount

   number of people in a particular group

   pollen count

   the number of pollen grains (usually ragweed) in a standard volume of air over a twenty-four hour period and a specified time and place

   sperm count

   the number of sperm in an ejaculate

   type of:

   number

   a concept of quantity involving zero and units
7. verb

   have weight; have import, carry weight
   synonyms: matter, weigh

   types:

   press, weigh

   to be oppressive or burdensome

   type of:

   be

   have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
8. verb

   have a certain value or carry a certain weight
   “each answer counts as three points”

   type of:

   be

   have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
9. verb

   show consideration for; take into account
   synonyms: consider, weigh
10. verb

    have faith or confidence in
    “you can count on me to help you any time”

    synonyms: bet, calculate, depend, look, reckon

    type of:

    bank, rely, swear, trust

    have confidence or faith in
11. verb

    take account of
    “Count on the monsoon”

    synonyms: reckon

    type of:

    approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge

    judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
12. noun

    a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl
    types:

    count palatine

    a count who exercised royal authority in his own domain

    landgrave

    a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany

    type of:

    Lord, noble, nobleman

    a titled peer of the realm