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1. v. (intransitive) To recite numbers in sequence. | |
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. | |
2. v. To determine the number (of objects in a group). | |
There are three apples; count them. | |
3. v. (intransitive) To be of significance; to matter. | |
Your views don't count here. It does count if you cheat with someone when you're drunk. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To be an example of something: (often followed by as and an indefinite noun). | |
Apples count as a type of fruit. | |
5. v. To consider something an example of something. | |
He counts himself a hero after saving the cat from the river. I count you as more than a friend. | |
6. v. (obsolete) To take account or note (of). | |
7. v. (legal) To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count. | |
8. n. The act of counting or tallying a quantity. | |
Give the chairs a quick count to check if we have enough. | |
9. n. The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted. | |
10. n. A countdown. | |
11. n. (legal) A charge of misconduct brought in a legal proceeding. | |
12. n. (baseball) The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance. | |
He has a 3-2 count with the bases loaded. | |
13. n. (obsolete) An object of interest or account; value; estimation. | |
14. n. The male ruler of a county. | |
15. n. A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons. | |