count

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To recite numbers in sequence.
2. (transitive) To determine the number of (objects in a group).
3. (intransitive) To amount to, to number in total.
4. (intransitive) To be of significance; to matter.
5. (intransitive) To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.
6. (transitive) To consider something as an example of something or as having some quality; to account, to regard as.
7. (transitive) To reckon in, to include in consideration.
8. (intransitive, obsolete) To take account or note (of), to care (for).
9. (obsolete, transitive) To recount, to tell.
10. (UK, intransitive, obsolete) To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.

Noun

1. The act of counting 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. A distinct and separate charge in an indictment or complaint.
5. The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.
6. (obsolete) An object of interest or account; value; estimation.
7. (euphemistic, slang) Cunt (the taboo swear word)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Countable.
2. (not-comparable) Used to show the amount of like items in a package.

Noun

1. The male ruler of a county.
2. A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons.
3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and viscounts.

Synonyms

calculate

reckon

enumerate

number

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compute

figure

earl

tally

consider

calculation

work out

counting

reckoning

read

📖

regard

account

matter

estimate

measure

weigh

numerate

add up

sum

total

relate

judge

🧑‍⚖️

numeration

tell

include

rely

score

computation

depend

numbering

do accounts

list

work out accounts

assume

think

🤔

enumeration

𐐿𐐵𐑌𐐻

bet

ruler

amount

recount

recite

put down

baron

several

charge

Translations

compter

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contar

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contare

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zählen

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comte

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tellen

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contar

calculer

Graf

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conte

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compte

comptar

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conde

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaʊnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: counten

Inherited from Middle English: counte

In summary

From Middle English counten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conter, from Old French conter (“add up; tell a story”), from Latin computō (“I compute”). In this sense, displaced native Old English tellan, whence Modern English tell. Doublet of compute.
Compare typologically reckon, Russian счита́ть (sčitátʹ), счита́ться (sčitátʹsja); the semantic evolution to Mongolian санах (sanax).

Sentences

But they don't count .

Blood tests such as a complete blood count may show neutrophilia .

They later adopted the title of Count of Rheinfelden.