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| count on |
| 1. v. to rely on, trust, or expect |
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| Don't count on being able to get back into the building after 5pm. |
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| Can we count on you to help out? |
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| count |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To recite numbers in sequence. |
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| The psychiatrist asked her to count down from a hundred by sevens. ux, en, The psychiatrist asked her to count down from a hundred by sevens. |
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| 2. v. To determine the number (of objects in a group). |
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| There are three apples; count them. |
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| 3. v. (intransitive) To be of significance; to matter. |
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| on |
| 1. adj. In the state of being active, functioning or operating. |
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| 2. adj. Performing according to schedule. |
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| Are we still on for tonight? |
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| Is the show still on? |
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| 3. adj. (chiefly UK, informal, usually negative) Acceptable, appropriate. |
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