Counts vs. Count
Countsnoun
To be enumerated rather than represented as a proportion or percentage.
Countverb
(intransitive) To recite numbers in sequence.
Countverb
(transitive) To determine the number (of objects in a group).
‘There are three apples; count them.’;
Countverb
(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.’;
Countverb
(intransitive) To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.
‘Apples count as a type of fruit.’;
Countverb
(transitive) 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.’;
Countverb
(obsolete) To take account or note (of).
Countverb
To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.
Countnoun
The act of counting or tallying a quantity.
‘Give the chairs a quick count to check if we have enough.’;
Countnoun
The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.
Countnoun
A countdown.
Countnoun
(legal) A charge of misconduct brought in a legal proceeding.
Countnoun
(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.’;
Countnoun
(obsolete) An object of interest or account; value; estimation.
Countnoun
The male ruler of a county.
Countnoun
A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons.
Countnoun
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and viscounts.
Countadjective
Countable.
Countverb
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?’; ‘In a journey of forty miles, Avaux counted only three miserable cabins.’;
Countverb
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.’;
Countverb
To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider.
‘I count myself in nothing else so happyAs in a soul remembering my good friends.’;
Countverb
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.’;
Countverb
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.’; ‘I think it a great error to count upon the genius of a nation as a standing argument in all ages.’;
Countverb
To take account or note; - with
Countverb
To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.
Countnoun
The act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting.
‘Of blessed saints for to increase the count.’; ‘By this count, I shall be much in years.’;
Countnoun
An object of interest or account; value; estimation.
Countnoun
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.
Countnoun
A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl.
Countnoun
the total number counted;
‘a blood count’;
Countnoun
the act of counting;
‘the counting continued for several hours’;
Countnoun
a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl
Countverb
determine the number or amount of;
‘Can you count the books on your shelf?’; ‘Count your change’;
Countverb
have weight; have import, carry weight;
‘It does not matter much’;
Countverb
show consideration for; take into account;
‘You must consider her age’; ‘The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient’;
Countverb
name or recite the numbers;
‘The toddler could count to 100’;
Countverb
put into a group;
‘The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members’;
Countverb
include as if by counting;
‘I can count my colleagues in the opposition’;
Countverb
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’;
Countverb
take account of;
‘You have to reckon with our opponents’; ‘Count on the monsoon’;
Count
Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. The etymologically related English term denoted the land owned by a count.
‘county’;
